Friday, December 30, 2011

Operation Nam (1986)

It's ten years after the end of the Vietnam War and a bunch of old army buddies have gotten together to talk about old times. While hanging out at a bar, they see a news story about a POW who has just been returned from Vietnam. The guys decide that they should go back to Vietnam and liberate any remaining American soldiers that are still held there in prison camps. However they come up against some resistance when they try to recruit professional soldier Major Morris (Italian director Enzo Castellari) and find that he has been ousted from the army by Colonel Mortimer (Gordon Mitchell). Seems the military doesn't want anyone snooping around over there. The guys decide to go anyway and get assistance from French priest Father Lenoir (Donald Pleasence). However it seems that someone has tipped off the North Vietnamese army. The guys have an uphill battle as they fight the soldiers and the Vietcong who still have resentment for the Americans.

The cast includes Christopher Connelly, Ethan Wayne (son of John Wayne), Richard Lester, Oliver Tobias.

Alternate Titles: Cobra Mission, Commando Cobra

Available: Netflix, Amazon

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