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Men Of War
(1994)
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Nick Gunar (Dolph Lundgren)
is a burnt-out, jaded and hard-up former mercenary who is having
a difficult time adjusting to civilian life. At the end of his
rope, he is hired by the Nitro Mine Corporation to strong-arm
the natives of a South China Sea island into giving up their
rights to its valuable mineral resources. Nick loathes the thought
of another mission, but this seemingly easy job will earn him
enough money to get back with his estranged family. He recruits
some of his former mercenary buddies to help him with the job.
The island people refuse to give up their land and Nick decides
to help them fight the greedy corporation that hired him. The
island and its people bring Nick back to life. He finally finds
something worth fighting for and a place to call home. As greed
and treachery begin to unravel, Nick's band of mercenaries choose
sides. Some are with him and others, still working for the corporation,
will stop at nothing to destroy him. |
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Perry Lang |
Director |
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Dolph Lundgren |
Nick Gunar |
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Charlotte Lewis |
Loki |
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B.D. Wong |
Po |
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Anthony John Denison |
Jimmy G |
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Tim Guinee |
Ocker |
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genre |
Action /
Drama |
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rating |
R for non-stop
violence, strong language and some sexuality |
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production co(s) |
MDP Worldwide
(Vision International) / GrandView Avenue Pictures / Pomarance
Corporation A.V.V. / Signature Entertainment |
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budget |
$8.6 million
(US) |
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location(s) |
Krabi, Phang
Nga, Thailand / Chicago, IL, USA |
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- (Nick) Spring era djävlar!
[Run, you fucks!] (has become a cult classic line in Sweden)
- (after eating some
kind of ceremonial egg with the bird still inside)
(Nick) So you guys eat these all the time, or only in ceremonies?
(Po) Are you kidding? We don't eat that shit! |
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- John Sayles wrote the
screenplay circa 1987 under the title "A Safe Place".
- John Frankenheimer ("The
Manchurian Candidate", "Ronin") was formerly attached
to direct.
- Released theatrically
in Japan, Spain, Italy, Belgium, France among others. |
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What a great movie! I didn't
know what to expect from this flick, and truth be told, I thought
it was just going to be a big shoot-'em-up style movie... but
I was very mistaken. This was such a well-done movie - great
acting, great scenery and cinematography, excellent character
development, and on and on. The storyline was told so well, and
there's a definite progression from scene to scene in this movie.
It definitely has it's high-paced moments, but it also has some
incredibly dramatic scenes that balance out all of the violence.
Overall? Great flick, highly recommended. |
MDP WORLDWIDE in association
with POMARANCE CORPORATION A. V. V. and GRANDVIEW AVENUE PICTURES
presents an ARTHUR GOLDBLATT/ANDREW PFEFFER production a PERRY
LANG film DOLPH LUNDGREN "MEN OF WAR" CHARLOTTE LEWIS
B.D. WONG ANTHONY JOHN DENISON TIM GUINEE DON HARVEY TINY "ZEUS"
LISTER TOM WRIGHT CATHERINE BELL TREVOR GODDARD as "Keefer"
and KEVIN TIGHE costume designer ILEANE MELTZER line producer
JASON CLARK music by GERALD GOURIET PAUL RABJOHNS editor JEFFREY
REINER production designers STEVE SPENCE JIM NEWPORT director
of photography RONN SCHMIDT executive producers MOSHE DIAMANT
STAN ROGOW story by STAN ROGOW screenplay by JOHN SAYLES and
ETHAN REIFF & CYRUS VORIS produced by ARTHUR GOLDBLATT and
ANDREW PFEFFER directed by PERRY LANG
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