Tough guy Thomas Beckett is a US Marine working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills. Beckett is notorious for losing his partners on such missions. This time he's accompanied by crack marksman Richard Miller.
Practical Effects
Genuine jungle locations, real sniper choreography, zero CGI mud.
Acting
Berenger's thousand-yard stare vs. Zane's glorious nervous breakdown.
Cinematography
Lush Panamanian jungle that practically sweats through the screen.
Director
Luis Llosa
Tom Berenger
Thomas Beckett
Billy Zane
Richard Miller
J.T. Walsh
Beckett's Senior Officer
Aden Young
Doug Papich
Kenneth Radley
El Cirujano
Reynaldo Arenas
Cacique
Gary Swanson
NSC Officer in Washington
Hank Garrett
Admiral in Washington
Vanessa Steele
Mrs. Alvarez
Tyler Coppin
Ripoly
Teo Gebert
Ripoly's Friend
Edward Wiley
DeSilva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Panamanian jungle shoot was so miserable that Berenger and Zane reportedly stopped speaking to each other—method acting accidentally achieved.
Released months before the actual US invasion of Panama concluded, making its covert-ops fantasy weirdly prescient and politically uncomfortable.
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