At the start of the Tet Offensive, a Marine Long Range Reconnaissance unit led by Sergeant Major Bill Hafner (R. Lee Ermey) and Corporal Joseph L. Di Nardo (Wings Hauser) come upon a village where the locals have been executed gruesomely for fraternising with the US troops. Di Nardo finds a sole survivor, a young Vietnamese child (Michael Cruz). Hafner's recon unit which also consists of college kid Murphy and radioman Shortwave who has only 17 days left on his enlistment exit the village and while on patrol, come upon a VietCong tunnel complex where they find an American POW. Later the Marines arrive at the poorly defended Firebase called Gloria. Hafner immediately takes control of the base when he discovers the commanding officer Captain Williams is a burned out drug addict and is not fit for duty.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Action, Drama, War |
Country: | Australia, Philippines, United States |
Produced By: | Ana Maria Dans, Marilyn Ong, Antony I. Ginnane, Rod S.M. Confesor, Michael Fuller, Charles W. Fries, D. Howard Grigsby |
Directed By: | Brian Trenchard-Smith |
Written By: | William L. Nagle, Tony Johnston |
Cast: | Henry Strzalkowski, Albert Popwell, Rey Cerdena, Val Victa, Robert Arevalo, Nick Nicholson, Albert Bronski, Gary Hershberger, Leila Johnson, Greg Walsh, Greg Jones, Philip Gordon, Cris Albert, Margaret Gerard, David Anderson, Mark Neely, Kristine Erlandson, Erich Hauser, R. Lee Ermey, Michael Cruz, Don Holtz, Mark Miller, Richard Kuhlman, Miguel Romero, John Calvin, Wendy Stone, Clyde Jones, Don Wilson, Warren Dickson, Dan Austin, Mike Soquez, Chris Castillejo, Wings Hauser |
In Theaters: | Jan 27, 1989 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 37 minutes |
Production: | Fries Entertainment, Eastern Film Management Corporation, Bancannia Holdings Pty. Ltd. |
Available On: | Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |