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I was reminded of Hackman's comment in Night Moves that watching a Rohmer film was like watching paint dry - although in this case, it's more like watching blood coagulate.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Bat★21
Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.
1988 · 1h 45m · R
Action, Drama, War
Directed by
Peter Markle
Overview
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.
Director and cast
- Peter Markle Director
- Gene Hackman as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
- Danny Glover as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
- Jerry Reed as Col. George Walker
- David Marshall Grant as Ross Carver
- Clayton Rohner as Sgt. Harley Rumbaugh
- Erich Anderson as Major Jake Scott
- Joe Dorsey as Col. Douglass
- Michael Ng as Vietnamese Man (as Rev. Michael Ng)
- Theodore Chan Woei-Shyong as Boy on Bridge
- Don Ruffin as Helicopter Crew
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