Summaries

During a routine exercise, a team of National Guardsmen are threatened by angry and violent locals.

A platoon of National Guardsmen on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.—Keith Loh <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • backwoods
  • louisiana
  • bayou
  • military exercise
  • u.s. national guard
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
Release date Sep 24, 1981
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English French
Filming locations Caddo Lake, Texas, USA
Production companies Cinema Group Ventures Phoenix Films

Box office

Gross US & Canada $5000000
Opening weekend US & Canada $116943

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 46m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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