Conrad Nichols a.k.a. Luigi Mezzanotte stars in this frankly tedious flick as captain of a group of mercenaries who are assigned to sneak into Afghanistan to retrieve a doctor and his daughter who have been seized by rebels. Unbeknown to our heroes however, they are being set up and the mission as requested by the American government (with the Russians in cahoots) is intended to be their very last.
The reason for this decidedly snide treachery is that the father and daughter have been compiling evidence against the manufacture and utilisation of chemical weapons. The insidious idea is that after our mercenaries have accomplished their mission they will be eliminated along with the father, the daughter and any incriminating evidence present.
Sadly the above plot sounds far more exciting than has actually been implemented on screen and what we are in fact left with is a boring 90 minutes of our heroes driving around in a jeep punctuated by the occasional poorly executed fire fight.
No scenes stand out as of any particular interest and acting, as might be expected, is pretty dire. A fair number of explosions throughout fail to lift the proceedings any either.
Formulaic and mundane in the extreme, skip this one is my advice.
The reason for this decidedly snide treachery is that the father and daughter have been compiling evidence against the manufacture and utilisation of chemical weapons. The insidious idea is that after our mercenaries have accomplished their mission they will be eliminated along with the father, the daughter and any incriminating evidence present.
Sadly the above plot sounds far more exciting than has actually been implemented on screen and what we are in fact left with is a boring 90 minutes of our heroes driving around in a jeep punctuated by the occasional poorly executed fire fight.
No scenes stand out as of any particular interest and acting, as might be expected, is pretty dire. A fair number of explosions throughout fail to lift the proceedings any either.
Formulaic and mundane in the extreme, skip this one is my advice.