A group of kids venture into enemy territory in an ambitious attempt to rescue their Navy Seal fathers who were captured during a failed mission in North Korea.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Edward Albert | ... | Cmdr. Merrill | |
| Ellen Barber | ... | Virginia Phillips | |
| Timothy Carhart | ... | Lt. Phillips | |
| James Cromwell | ... | Adm. Rothman | |
| Anne E. Curry | ... | Sybil Howard | |
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Jack Dacey | ... | Extra in conference room scene |
| Kevin Dillon | ... | J.J. Merrill | |
| Ian Michael Giatti | ... | Bobby Howard (as Ian Giatti) | |
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Lorry Goldman | ... | Secretary Gates |
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Wendy Gordon | ... | Newscaster (as Wendy Jill Gordon) |
| Charles Haid | ... | Cmdr. Howard | |
| Christine Harnos | ... | Adrian Phillips (as Christina Harnos) | |
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Rocky Wing Cheung Ho | ... | Cell Guard / Fighter |
| Sal Mazzotta | ... | Dino | |
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Tom Nelson | ... | Capt. Stillman (as Commander Tom Nelson) |
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A team of Navy S.E.A.L.s are sent to destroy a disabled submarine so it will not fall into the wrong hands. They complete their mission, but are captured before they can return to their base. The U.S. government will not mount a rescue mission to free the soldiers, so their adolescent children take over. The kids find a way to venture into the foreign country and then must overcome many obstacles. Written by Scott Lane <rslane@ix.netcom.com>
Plot Keywords:
north korea | rescue operation | rescue | covert operation | father son relationship |Taglines:
An elite U.S. Special Forces team is imprisoned behind enemy lines. The Pentagon calls them expendable. Five young heroes call them Dad. Now they'll risk everything to bring them home.Parents Guide:
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Country:
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5 August 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$2,194,037, 7 August 1988Gross USA:
$5,855,392Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$5,855,392Company Credits
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A large part of this movie was filmed around Queenstown, New Zealand. The prison camp set is still standing, and can be viewed at the Deer Park Heights nature park outside of Queenstown. See more »Goofs
The C-130 carrying the SEAL team was cleared to takeoff on runway 39. Runway numbers correspond to the magnetic heading of the airstrip. There are 360 degrees in a compass. Only 2 numbers are used to designate the runway heading to the nearest 10 degrees, i.e., 01 is 10 degrees, 09 is 90 degrees (due East), 18 (due. South), 27 (due West) and 36 (due North)...or any one in between, but there cannot be a 39 as there.are only 360 degrees in a circle. See more »Quotes
Max Rothman: [after being asked to get the mission orders] No. No! My dad will buy an electric chair and my mom will pull the switch.See more »
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I like movies that have some realism in them, except if realism will spoil the effect, like in fantasy or science fiction movies. This, however, is about a group of kids going into North Korea to save their parents. That is already highly incredulous as a main plot setting, but the way it is played out makes it impossible to believe at all. Though it may be remotely possible that things can happen the way they did in the movie, the plausibility rating is so low as to be unbelievable.
For example, kids with no formal training who can shadow suspects, evade guards, slip into fortresses totally unnoticed, practice cover and concealment from professional soldiers without training at all....and much much more. See it to believe it, or rather, to disbelieve it. The only saving grace is somewhat okay acting from the young cast, though at times it is very grating to see them in such contrived settings.