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The film is developed during Vietnam war , there in the ¨ Oh Chi Mi¨ rout called Iron Triangle, an U. S. officer (Beau Bridges) taken prisoner by the Vietcong forms a special relationship with one of his captors(Liem). The officer fights for his life behind enemy lines suffering several punishments as punches, lashes, kicks, among others.The story filmed in Sri Lanka depicts the war chaos and primal bloodletting . The flick lends the spectator an opportunity to watch events from the other points of view. May not translate as well as to the small screen yet worth watching it for nothing more than spectacular final raid on the village where a commando along with helicopters attack people under a sensible score (John DÁndrea : Baywatch) composed by synthesizer and spiritual chores. Its a blending of Chuck Norris' tortures from ¨Missing of action¨, the special relationship between opposite world's two men as ¨The Killing Fields¨ and breathtaking attacks over villages, including Napalm, from ¨Coppola's Apocalypse now¨. Agreeable actors are mostly Oriental race. Special mention to Johnny Hallyday as a French mercenary, veteran of Indochina war , who combated in Dien Ben Phu (1954) where the French were defeated and nowadays working as bodyguard of a propaganda-woman . And Haing Ngor (1940-96), a secondary famous since ¨Killing Fields¨. Ngor's own experiences echoed those of his character and usually played Vietnam roles ( Tortures of war, Heaven and Earth,In love and war, Vietnam Texas, Eastern condor) until his violent death by an Asian band. Eric Weston's direction ( To protect and serve; Marvin and Tige ; Evilspeak) shows a generally surehand with a bit of melodrama at the end.
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