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User Rating:
6.1/10   85 votes
Director:
Haskell Wexler
Writer:
Haskell Wexler (writer)
Genre:
Drama | War more
Plot:
Set in the context of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and their battle with the U.S. backed Contra rebels... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Well meaning, but . . . more

Cast

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Robert Beltran ... Eddie Guerrero
Annette Charles ... Marlena (as Annette Cardona)
Américo González ... Malena's Father
Michael Goodwin ... Becket
Ricardo López ... Attila
Gavin MacFadyen ... Major Metcalf
Walter Marín ... Gilberto
Julio Medina ... Salazar
Juan Carlos Ortiz ... Marlena's son
Tony Plana ... Ruben
Luis Torrentes ... Luis
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Additional Details

Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Norway:15
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Lucasfilm more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Well meaning, but . . ., 23 September 2006
Author: ANDREWEHUNT (ANDREWEHUNT@aol.com) from Canada

If good intentions translated into great film-making, then I wouldn't be the only person reviewing this movie, and everybody would be giving it a score of 10 on IMDb. Even though this is a well-meaning film, it has justifiably gone on to become a lost historical relic of the 1980s. I actually saw this film at a fund-raiser in Los Angeles and Haskell Wexler was there. Everything about the film was dreadful. The acting, the pacing, the plot development, the screenplay. Robert Beltran plays a sort of combination CIA/Special Forces-type of commando who trains Contras in Nicaragua and falls in love with a journalist. Their relationship develops against the backdrop of the Contra war in Nicaragua. There's little chemistry between them on screen, and the film fails to engage the audience on all fronts: as a love story, as a film about war and warfare, as a drama. There were other, much better films about Central America from the period: Oliver Stone's gritty Salvador (1986) and Roger Spottiswoode's epic/fast-paced Under Fire (1983). This film just sort of disappeared. I don't even know whether it's available on DVD. Maybe I'm being harsh--it has been 20-plus years since I've seen it. And the good intentions were certainly there.

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