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Good older movie, good story and good acting
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
The DVD (and the case) were NOT PROTECTED FROM BEING BUMPED, ETC. When I received it, I could NOT PLAY IT AS IT WAS DAMAGED. (I own one of those "Region Free" DVD's which plays Region 4 DVD's perfectly well.).
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
The best thing about this movie is that it is set during the Rhodesian bush war of the 1970s. I don't know of any other movies that have depicted this conflict. Other than that the movie is little more than a collection of cliches and down right silly action sequences. Military costuming and weaponry appropriate to that war are accurate, which is a good touch, but that is really as far as it goes. The story is based on a true episode of the war when the Rhodesians smuggled in some helicopters to help them fight their war, but the movie takes this to absurd lengths, not to mention asking us to believe that a squad of Zimbawean fighters can travel across Africa, into South African controlled Namibia and launch a major attack without anyone noticing that they were even there - as I say very silly. One interesting thing is that the movie does not take sides in the war and portrays the reasons for both sides fighting in the conflict in an even handed manner. Overall it is an OK movie to kill an hour or two, but do not expect too much from it.Read full review
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