Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
- guerrilla warfare
- africa
- revolution
- mercenary
- covert operation
- battlefield
- torture
- combat
- soldier of fortune
- fictitious country
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- JoBeth Williams — Jessie
- Paul Freeman — Derek
- Colin Blakely — North
- George Harris — Col. Bobi
- Jean-François Stévenin — Michel
- Pedro Armendáriz Jr. — The Captain
- Ed O'Neill — Terry
- Jean-Pierre Kalfon — Benny
- Thomas Baptiste — Dexter
- Robert Urquhart — Capt. Lockhart
- David Schofield — Endean's Man
- Directed
- John Irvin
- Written
- Gary DeVore, George Malko
Production
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 · 184 ratings
- Studio
- Juniper Films, United Artists
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
