A colonel with a sponsor leads five marine veterans into laos to find his son and others missing in action. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/17/2006 Starring: Gene Hackman Todd Allen Run time: 105 minutes Rating: R Director: Ted Kotcheff
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Based on a true story, this action film set in the post-Vietnam era casts Gene Hackman as a retired military man who gets tired of government inaction in tracking down the whereabouts of his son, who has been listed as missing in action in Vietnam. So he gathers and trains a rough group of Vietnam vets to launch his own mission into Laos, where his intelligence tells him the son is being held. Hackman brings sorrowful power to the role of determined father, and has a rugged supporting cast (including Patrick Swayze, Fred Ward, and Randall "Tex" Cobb) to keep the story moving forward, even when the machinations become formulaic. --Marshall Fine
