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Plot. In 1972, a group of soldiers in Vietnam carry one of their wounded during the platoon's evacuation to the helicopters, but they are left behind as the helicopter carrying "Blaster", "Sailor", and Wilkes departs the hot landing zone.
- "slightly less than $11 million"
- James Horner
- December 16, 1983
Dec 16, 1983 · With Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Fred Ward, Reb Brown. 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.
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- Ted Kotcheff
- R
- Action, Drama, Thriller
May 24, 2015 · Uncommon valor: A true story of WWII heroism. By. James MacGuire. Published May 24, 2015, 6:38 p.m. ET. Firefight: A US soldier uses a flamethrower on a Japanese position in Manila...
- James Macguire
Is this based on a true story? Yes, the concept that American prisoners of war were still being held in Southeast Asia was extremely prevalent in the early 80s (the Vietnamese communists not releasing some French prisoners until 16 years after the Indo-China war).
The story resembles the real-life adventures of Col. Bo Gritz, and has overtones from the scenes in "The Deer Hunter" when Robert De Niro returns to Vietnam to find Christopher Walken. It has real potential for combining action with emotion. Advertisement.
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. A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.
Col. Cal Rhodes (Gene Hackman), a retired Marine officer, holds out hope that his son, believed to be a prisoner of war in Laos, is still alive. Despite the government's refusal to help Rhodes, he...
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- Action, War
- R
