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The movie takes place as two parallel plots separated by a couple of years: In 1982, Wylie Cooper (Moore) is an engineer developing a targeting system on a tank for the United States Army. In 1984, Murphy is US Army Lt. T.M. Landry, an American tank commander sent to Kuwait to demonstrate the "XM-10 Annihilator," America's latest main battle tank, which is equipped with Cooper's system. Because of the tank's poor design and shoddy construction, Landry and his crew are barely able to control or navigate the XM-10 before it leaves the proving grounds and wanders into a combat zone during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

MPAA Rating:	R
Genre:	Comedy, War
Country:	United States
Produced By:	Gloria Katz
Directed By:	Willard Huyck
Written By:	Willard Huyck, Robert Grossbach, Gloria Katz
Cast:	Gerald Jann, Charles David Richards, Eddie Murphy, Dudley Moore, Tracey Ross, Paul Eiding, Burton Collins, Peter Michael Goetz, John A. Zee, Tyler Tyhurst, Darryl Henriques, Rozsika Halmos, William Marquez, Lorry Goldman, George Dzundza, Paul Comi, Gary Bayer, Javier Grajeda, Stephen Bradley, Ellen Crawford, Gene Dynarski, David Paymer, Raye Birk, Jake Dengel, Jim Jansen, D. David Morin, Eduardo Ricard, Yitzhak Ne'Eman, Sanford Jensen, Helen Shaver, Billy Ray Sharkey, Lillian Müller, Mark Arnott, Joel Polis, Bill Geisslinger, Christopher Maher, Tom Noonan, Kate Capshaw, Hugo Stanger, Pamela Stonebrook, Dennis Redfield, David Rasche, Gabi Amrani, Matthew Laurance, Jerry Hyman, John Hostetter, Deborah Fallender
In Theaters:	Jul 20, 1984
Runtime:	1 hour 34 minutes
Production:	Cinema Group Ventures, Paramount Pictures
Budget:	$18,000,000
Box Office:	$19,265,302
Available On:	Amazon, Itunes, Vudu
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