Was in my local Tesco's early one morning, and picked up a DVD copy of 'McBain' i was attracted to it due to the fact that it was an action film which was priced under a quid (97p to be exact!)
The film begins during the closing stages of the vietnam war, when
Christopher Walken ... Read review
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Action/Adventure - Director: Peter Jackson - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Andy Serkis
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Advantages: Some good action scenes / it only cost 97p!! Disadvantages: some ridiculously laughable moments
...and executed, and when McBain finds out about this he swears revenge.He tracks down as many of Santos's old vietnam unit and travels to Columbia to wreak havoc. Cue lots of gunfights/explosions and cheesy lines.
Michael Ironside also co-stars as one of McBain's sidekicks.
There is a hilarious moment when a jet fighter flys alongside McBains plane, McBain fires a pistol out of his cockpit and downs the jet, the cockpit ... more
Was in my local Tesco's early one morning, and picked up a DVD copy of 'McBain' i was attracted to it due to the fact that it was an action film which was priced under a quid (97p to be exact!)
The film begins during the closing stages of the vietnam war, when Christopher Walken (who plays Robert McBain) and other american POW's are being tortured ny north vietnamese soldiers, an american ranger battalion attack the prison camp and free the POW's, in the ensuing battle McBain's life is saved by one of the american soldiers (by the name of Santos)
The film then moves to present day Columbia where freedom fighters (led by Santos) are trying to overthrow a brutal military dictatorship. Santos is caught and executed, and when McBain finds out about this he swears revenge.He tracks down as many of Santos's old vietnam unit and travels to Columbia to wreak havoc. Cue lots of gunfights/explosions and cheesy lines.
Michael Ironside also co-stars as one of McBain's sidekicks.
There is a hilarious moment when a jet fighter flys alongside McBains plane, McBain fires a pistol out of his cockpit and downs the jet, the cockpit in McBain's plane is closed, but no bullet hole appears in the glass. I had to rewind this scene a few times as i could'nt believe what i'd just seen.
Moments like this aside, it's well worth 97p as most of the action scenes are pretty good!
Advantages: Stunning scenery, stars Henry Fonda, clipped dialogue Disadvantages: Long, lack of dialogue may not appeal to everyone,
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♣♣♣ Cast ♣♣♣
Henry Fonda-----Frank
Claudia Cardinale------Jill McBain
Jason Robards-----Cheyenne
Charles Bronson-----Harmonica
Gabriele Ferzetti-----Morton
Paolo Stoppa-----Sam
Woody Strode-----Stony (member of Frank's gang)
Jack Elam-----Snaky (member of Frank's gang)
Keenan Wynn-----Sheriff
Frank Wolff-----Brett McBain
Lionel Stander-----Barman
♣♣♣ Fact box ♣♣♣
DVD region: 2 (PAL)
Approx running time: 160 minutes
Classification: 15
DVD release: 06/10/03
Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment
Availability: Amazon, some high street stores. ...
When a group of Rangers save McBain from execution during the Vietnam War he vows to repay them. Years later he finds himself on a mission in Colombia...
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