"BAT*21" is above all an exceptionally well made and very worthwhile film based upon a remarkable true story. The action sequences have been brought to the screen with the deliberate intention of not glamourising the necessary depiction of violence (to do otherwise would have been a lethal miscalculation). This film is also able to depict Hambleton's rescue as being a far from easy proposition and you constantly find yourself wondering if the mission will have a successful resolution at all, especially in light of the fact Hambleton is about to find himself caught in an area which is going…
“Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.”
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.
- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Production
- TriStar Pictures, Vision PDG
- Box Office
- $3.97M
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Cast
Gene HackmanLt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Danny GloverCapt. Bartholomew Clark
Jerry ReedCol. George Walker
David Marshall GrantRoss Carver
Clayton RohnerSgt. Harley Rumbaugh
Erich AndersonMajor Jake Scott
Joe DorseyCol. Douglass
Michael NgVietnamese Man (as Rev. Michael Ng)Theodore Chan Woei-ShyongBoy on Bridge
Don RuffinHelicopter CrewScott HowellHelicopter CrewMichael RadenHelicopter CrewMedia
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Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissa…
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