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Set in the context of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and their battle with the U.S. backed Contra rebels... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Well meaning, but . . . moreCast
(Credited cast) | 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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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.