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Violent tale about a mercenary who organises a coup to overthrow the African dictator who captured and tortured him. Having been left for dead by his captor, the soldier manages to make his way home to America, where he rounds up a team of soldiers of fortune for a mission to overthrow the tyrannical leader. Adapted from the novel by Frederick Forsyth.

1981 · 1h 44m
Director John Irvin

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Violent tale about a mercenary who organises a coup to overthrow the African dictator who captured and tortured him. Having been left for dead by his captor, the soldier manages to make his way home to America, where he rounds up a team of soldiers of fortune for a mission to overthrow the tyrannical leader. Adapted from the novel by Frederick Forsyth.

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Average 6.5
Reviews 20
Fresh 14
Rotten 6

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Studio
MGM
Released
1981
Run Time
1 hr 44 min
Rated
R
Regions of Origin
United Kingdom, United States
© 1981 JUNIPER FILMS

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC), Russian (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), English (United States) , Arabic , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Traditional , Danish , Dutch , French (France) , German (Germany) , Italian (Italy) , Korean , Norwegian , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.