Summaries

Col. Cooper leads a group of American P.O.W.s, battling their way to freedom as Saigon falls to the Viet Cong.

US Airborne colonel James Cooper accepts a daredevil mission to liberate just before the impending end of the Vietnamese war some POW's which the Vietcong refuses to exchange, from a camp that officially doesn't even exist. he alone survives the blowing up up his team's extraction helicopter and is captured himself. The Vietcong camp commander, captain Vinh, collected a small fortune in gold looted from POWs and wants to buy a new life in the US, so he offers Cooper freedom for help, but is turned down. Just before a convoy arrives to deport the prisoners to Hanoi, Cooper accepts if all Americans may come with them. An adventurous chase follows, fighting each-other as well as Vietcong, not to mention selfish rogue Sparks's tendency to mess everything up. Near the border, Cooper insists to come to the rescue of a trapped US unit's survivors.—KGF Vissers

Details

Keywords
  • group
  • helicopter
  • american
  • year 1973
  • pow
Genres
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Drama
  • War
Release date Apr 3, 1986
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Philippines

Box office

Gross US & Canada $2497233
Opening weekend US & Canada $1100691
Gross worldwide $2497233

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 30m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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