Toy Soldiers (1984)

While on a vacation in Central America, some American teenagers are kidnapped by terrorists. A rescue mission is sent after them, but they manage to escape and join up with a mercenary fighting the terrorists.

Director:

David Fisher

Writers:

David Fisher, Walter Fox

Stars:

Jason Miller, Cleavon Little, Rodolfo de Anda

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Miller	...	Sarge
Cleavon Little	...	Buck
Rodolfo de Anda	...	Colonel Lopez (as Rodolfo De Anda)
Terri Garber	...	Amy
Douglas Warhit	...	Larry
Willard E. Pugh	...	Ace (as Willard Pugh)
Jim Greenleaf	...	Tom
Mary Beth Evans	...	Buffy
Tim Robbins	...	Boe
Jay Baker	...	Jeff
Larry Poindexter	...	Trevor
Alejandro Arroyo	...	Rafael
Tracy Scoggins	...	Monique
James Andronica	...	Freddie the Fence
Martin LaSalle	...	Father Esparza

Storyline

While on a vacation in Central America, some American teenagers are kidnapped by terrorists. A rescue mission is sent after them, but they manage to escape and join up with a mercenary fighting the terrorists.

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Plot Keywords:

central america | stabbing | shot through the mouth | money | wetting pants | 

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Genres:

Drama | Action

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA Mexico

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

1 November 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

American kommandos

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Producciones Rodas S.A. de C.V., Toy Soldiers Associates

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Entertaining

I remember watching this action flick on late night cable years ago when I was still living in Mexico, for some reason it always tuck in my mind. Years later when I returned to the USA, being a huge b-movie fan bought a VHS copy at a video store going out of business. To this day, I still have the VHS and am thinking about buying the DVD.

Anyway, I like the beginning (the first 30 minutes or so) with the friends having fun on the yacht and suddenly finding themselves hostage in some third world country. The middle is a little boring in my opinion, just a lot of talking and nothing really happens, but once leading lady Ms. Garber and friends go for their kidnapped friends, it picks up and becomes funny and full of action.

The young cast is pretty good looking too.