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6.4/10
9.8K
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Ten years after his son went M.I.A. in Vietnam, U.S. Marine retired Colonel Jason Rhodes assembles a private rescue team to find Americans held in P.O.W. camps in Laos.Ten years after his son went M.I.A. in Vietnam, U.S. Marine retired Colonel Jason Rhodes assembles a private rescue team to find Americans held in P.O.W. camps in Laos.Ten years after his son went M.I.A. in Vietnam, U.S. Marine retired Colonel Jason Rhodes assembles a private rescue team to find Americans held in P.O.W. camps in Laos.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
9.8K
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- Director
- Writers
- Joe Gayton
- Wings Hauser(story)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Joe Gayton
- Wings Hauser(story)
- Stars
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Alice Lau
- Lai Funas Lai Fun
- (as Lau Nga Lai)
Kelly Junkerman
- MacGregoras MacGregor
- (as Kelly Yunkerman)
- Director
- Writers
- Joe Gayton
- Wings Hauser(story) (uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese. Led by his father (a retired Marine Colonel) and supported by a rich businessman whose son is also a P.O.W., the group engages in a dangerous and violent adventure trying to rescue the P.O.W.s, and at the same time, re-direct their lives. —Luis Alvarez
- Taglines
- "C'mon... we're going home."
- Genres
- Certificate
- R
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaGene Hackman asked his good friend and co-star in Cisco Pike (1971), Kris Kristofferson, himself a former Airborne Ranger, if he wanted to do a cameo in this film. Kristofferson had to decline because he was performing on a concert tour.
- GoofsMountains are shown around Galveston, Texas. Galveston is on an island and there are no mountains around the Texas coastline.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Special Show: This Time We Win (1985)
Top review
It's really worth a watch. Really.
This is probably one of the best movies I have watched. Period. I'm not gonna dwell into the plot (a bunch of other guys here already did). So what I will say is that it is indeed as realistic - in terms of the actors who played the veterans called upon to settle some "unfinished business", the fears that viet vets harbor even after all these years, and the realistic nature of the POWs (who I must say performed really well, one not being able to speak English, another can't leave the garden he is forced to tend to). Even to the point of the senator not wanting to see "that old MIA colonel again." From what I have read on the issue over the last 20 years, the film (to me at least) hits it "right on the nail." And who can forget French restaurant owner with his parrot. The directors made it look to seem that he has been around since the French were in Vietnam, and who managed to crave a little business for himself, gun dealing. And the introduction! Awesome! Awesome! (Marines under fire dashing across the field being pursued by NVA as choppers hover overhead; all in slow motion with haunting music). It's a great movie.
None of that nonsense like what was featured in Missing in Action and Rambo II; now those are bad comedies. They are just an example of a good story that's mishandled to turn into complete garbage.
My thanks to all who were involved in the research and making of the film. You've done a great job, Ted, Gene, Reb, and all you others.
None of that nonsense like what was featured in Missing in Action and Rambo II; now those are bad comedies. They are just an example of a good story that's mishandled to turn into complete garbage.
My thanks to all who were involved in the research and making of the film. You've done a great job, Ted, Gene, Reb, and all you others.
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- robin-lange
- Oct 23, 2003
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Box office
- Budget
- $14,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $30,503,151
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,144,367
- Dec 18, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $30,503,151
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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