Skeleton Coast (1988)
Directed by John 'Bud' Cardos / John Cardos
Genres - Action, Adventure |
Sub-Genres - Action Thriller |
Run Time - 98 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Clarke Fountain
This action-adventure film is based on a novel by Edgar Wallace. In the story, Colonel Smith (Ernest Borgnine) is an aging military man whose son is a CIA agent. His son has been captured by a bevy of iron-curtain bad-guys involved in a civil war in the African country of Angola, and Col. Smith is determined to rescue him. He puts together a group of military types to effect the rescue, and runs afoul of all sorts of nefarious characters in the process, including an East German military advisor (Robert Vaughn) and a shady diamond company security chief (Oliver Reed). Lovely Sam (Nancy Mulford) adds visual interest to the rescue team, and manages some dandy hand-to-hand combat moves.
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son, father, Marines, hostage, kidnapping, rescue, soldier, uprising, behind-enemy-lines, mercenary, terrorism, retirement