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6.3/10 • 199

1988-07-211h 45m

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Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.

Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.

Directors
Peter Markle
Editors
Stephen E. Rivkin

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Gene Hackman

    Gene Hackman

    Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton

  2. Danny Glover

    Danny Glover

    Capt. Bartholomew Clark

  3. Jerry Reed

    Jerry Reed

    Col. George Walker

  4. David Marshall Grant

    David Marshall Grant

    Ross Carver

  5. Clayton Rohner

    Clayton Rohner

    Sgt. Harley Rumbaugh

  6. Erich Anderson

    Erich Anderson

    Major Jake Scott

  7. Joe Dorsey

    Joe Dorsey

    Col. Douglass

  8. Michael Ng

    Michael Ng

    Vietnamese Man (as Rev. Michael Ng)

  9. Theodore Chan Woei-Shyong

    Theodore Chan Woei-Shyong

    Boy on Bridge

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kevin2019

Jan 24, 2024

10/10

"BAT21" is above all an exceptionally well made and very worthwhile film based upon a remarkable true story. The action sequences have been brought to the screen with the deliberate intention of not glamourising the necessary depiction of violence (to do otherwise would have been a lethal miscalculation). This film is also able to depict Hambleton's rescue as being a far from easy proposition and you constantly find yourself wondering if the mission will have a successful resolution at all, especially in light of the fact Hambleton is about to find himself caught in an area which is going to be blanket bombed by the Strategic Air Command.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
--
Revenue
$3,966,256.00
Keywords
vietnam warvietnambased on novel or book