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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 0786936141757 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Dimension Manufacturer: Dimension Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Publisher: Dimension Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 14, 2000 Running Time: 103 minutes Sales Rank: 59145 Studio: Dimension Theatrical Release Date: 1994 Related Items: Editorial Review: Description: Action hero Dolph Lundgren thrilled you in UNIVERSAL SOLDIER ... now he's back in the heart-stopping adventure MEN OF WAR! Lundgren is part of a topflight team of ex-Special Forces agents hired by ruthless con men. Their mission: to carry out a secret operation and overtake an exotic island that's loaded with precious jade. But once there, the agents -- led by Lundgren -- defect to defend the islanders against the savage attackers! It's nonstop action as Lundgren and his elite group wage war to defeat the deadly opposition at any cost. From the screenwriter of THE QUICK AND THE DEAD -- you'll love every hard-hitting minute. Amazon.com: Men of War stars tall, craggy Dolph Lundgren as a down-and-out commando who agrees to do another job because there's nothing else he knows how to do. He assembles a crack team and travels to an isolated Pacific island with orders to secure it for a mysterious business venture. But once there, he discovers an idyllic paradise with peaceful natives who welcome the mercenaries into their village. When Dolph learns what the venture is really about, he decides he's on the wrong side and, with part of his team, fights to defend the island from destruction. The first third of Men of War is drenched in sweaty machismo--the camera constantly lingers over rippling muscles and bruised skin during an endless bar fight. But once on the island, the mercenaries frolic sweetly with native children and the scenery is astoundingly beautiful (and beautifully filmed). A native who speaks English delivers some heavy-handed pacifist speeches. Then, as another team of more ruthless mercenaries arrive, the movie again turns into an ecstasy of gunshots and explosions--only, because of the genuinely charming middle third, there are actually some emotional stakes to the violence. Furthermore, the natives turn out to be not quite as peaceful as they presented themselves, adding some surprising layers to the movie's moral tone (likely due to the hand of co-screenwriter John Sayles, the man responsible for Brother from Another Planet and Lone Star). All in all, better looking and better written than any movie starring Dolph Lundgren has any right to be. --Bret Fetzer Average Rating:
 Rating: - PARADISE IS BURNINGNick Gunar (Dolph Lundgren) tries to put his mercenary past behind him, but fails because, in the words of his best friend, his heart isn't in anything else. When a pair of unscrupulous yuppies offer him a quick paycheck for what ought to be a walk in the park, the good old days seem to be back. Assembling an elite squad of merc friends, Gunar leads an incursion into a tropical paradise to squeeze the peace-loving natives into signing over the mineral rights to their homeland. But the natives ... Read More Rating: - Great MovieI just love Thailand!!! I've been to all the locations the movie was shot at, which gives it that much more appeal and familiarity! A star gets taken away for the obvious movie mistakes. When will they learn machine guns DO NOT have unlimited rounds, and they are not double action and click multiple times after the rounds have finished. An M16 expends its 30rd mag in less than 2 secs at full auto - same for the AK-47. The amount of violence was superb! Rating: - Probably Dolph Lundgren's best movie........ Don't have anything bad to say, Dolph Lundgren did himself proud with this one. Great location shots, good directing, good script, good acting and top notch action sequences. Probably the highest production standards a Dolph Lundgren production will ever see again. Rating:  - no gooddon't waste your time with this one. the beach is spectacular, but the action is lame and boring. this movie gives B rated a bad name. Rating: - THE BEST DOLPH LUNDGREN MOVIE EVER MADE!A COMMANDO [DOLPH LUNDGREN] ASSEMBLES A CRACK TEAM AND THEY TRAVEL TO A PACIFIC ISLAND TO SECURE IT FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES. GOOD ACTING AND SUPERB ACTION MAKE IT BETTER THAN MANY OTHER DIRECT TO VIDEO ACTION MOVIES AND IT MAKES IT BETTER THAN ANY OTHER DOLPH LUNDGREN MOVIE THAT CAME BEFORE OR AFTER THIS. UNFORTUNATELY FOR DOLPH, JUST ABOUT EVERY MOVIE HE MADE AFTER THIS TURNED OUT TO BE TRULY HORRIBLE. BUT FOR ALL ACTION FANS, THIS IS AN UNEXPECTED TREAT! |
