by Paul Brenner
synopsis
The plot of this of this adaptation of the Daniel Carney's novel, sprinkled throughout a series of extended Sam Peckinpah-inspired action sequences, deals with a collection of mercenary toughguys -- Colonel Allen Faulkner (Richard Burton), Lieutenant Shawn Fynn (Roger Moore), Rafer Janders (Richard Harris), Pieter Coetzee (Hardy Kruger) -- who are hired to parachute into the African bush country and abscond with deposed African president Julius Limbani (Winston Ntshona) and reinstall him as a reigning monarch of an African country, to satisfy British mercantile interests. The action sequences were successful enough to spawn a sequel -- appropriately titled Wild Geese II.
characteristics
- Mercenary
- Soldier-of-fortune
- Rescue
- Presidency
- Veteran [military]
- President
- Tough Guys
- Political Unrest
- Mission [quest]
- Behind-enemy-lines
- Against-all-odds
- Betrayal
- Daring Rescues
- Hostage Situations
- Africa
