A spacecraft flies near Earth and releases an object which enters the atmosphere. On a Central American beach, "Dutch", a retired Vietnam War veteran, and his elite mercenary rescue team — Poncho, Billy, Mac, Blain, and Hawkins — are tasked by Dutch's former commanding officer, General Philips, with rescuing a foreign cabinet minister and his aide held hostage by insurgents. CIA officer Dillon, an old friend of Dutch's from the Vietnam War, is assigned to accompany the team over Dutch's objections.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Action, Sci Fi, Thriller, Adventure |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | John Vallone, Jim Thomas, Joel Silver, John Davis, Lawrence Gordon, Laurence Pereira, Beau Marks |
Directed By: | John McTiernan |
Written By: | Jim Thomas, John Thomas |
Cast: | Carl Weathers, R.G. Armstrong, Richard Chaves, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Henry Kingi, William H. Burton Jr., Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Cullen, Jack Verbois, Steve Boyum, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham, Bill Duke, Shane Black, Elpidia Carrillo, Kevin Peter Hall |
In Theaters: | Jun 12, 1987 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 47 minutes |
Production: | 20th Century Fox, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Silver Pictures, Davis Entertainment, Amercent Films, American Entertainment Partners L.P., Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A. |
Budget: | $15,000,000 |
Box Office: | $59,735,548 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |