Retired United States Special Forces Colonel John Matrix is informed by his former superior Major General Franklin Kirby that all the other members of his former unit have been killed by unknown mercenaries. The mercenaries, among them Bennett, an Australian ex-member of Matrix's team discharged for excessive violence, attack Matrix's secluded mountain home and kidnap Matrix's young daughter Jenny. While trying to intercept them, Matrix is also overpowered and abducted by the mercenaries. He is taken before their commander, Arius, a South American former dictator Matrix removed from power. Arius blackmails Matrix into carrying out a political assassination in his home country of Val Verde, where Arius wishes to lead a military coup. With Jenny's life on the line, Matrix reluctantly agrees to fulfill the demand.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Matthew Weisman, Joel Silver, Jeph Loeb, Stephanie Brody, Robert Kosberg |
Directed By: | Mark L. Lester |
Written By: | Steven E. De Souza, Jeph Loeb, Matthew Weisman |
Cast: | Tom Simmons, Bob Minor, Matt Landers, Vernon Wells, James Olson, Walter Scott, Michael Adams, Chelsea Field, David Patrick Kelly, Lenny Juliano, Hank Calia, Alyssa Milano, Gary Carlos Cervantes, Drew Snyder, Greg Wayne Elam, Richard D. Reich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Thomas Rosales Jr., Billy Cardenas, Michael DeLano, Sharon Wyatt, Bill Paxton, Bill Duke, Mikul Robins, Ava Cadell, Rae Dawn Chong, George Fisher, Julie Hayek, Phil Adams, Branscombe Richmond, Charles Meshack, Dan Hedaya |
In Theaters: | Oct 04, 1985 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
Production: | 20th Century Fox, SLM Production Group, Silver Pictures |
Budget: | $10,000,000 |
Box Office: | $35,100,000 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |