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Uncommon Valor (1983)

Action | 105 minutes
2,93 121 votes

Genre: Action / War

Duration: 105 minuten

Alternative title: Terug naar de Hel

Country: United States

Directed by: Ted Kotcheff

Stars: Gene Hackman, Fred Ward and Patrick Swayze

IMDb score: 6,3 (12.791)

Releasedate: 16 December 1983

Uncommon Valor plot

"Seven men with one thing in common..."

Although Frank has been missing in Vietnam for more than a decade, his father Jason Rhodes remains convinced that he is still alive. That feeling is fed by information about the labor camps for prisoners of war in Vietnam, which are said to include Americans. The government is holding back. Fed up with the secrecy after years, Rhodes devises a spectacular liberation plan.

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scorsese

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A decent film about a man on a mission to bring back his son, who has been a POW for 10 years. It's not exactly the most original story, nor is the setup (team introduction, training, operation). But it's easy to watch. Strong characters and excellent, old-fashioned (pre-CGI) action scenes, including some beautiful locations.

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FlorisV

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I thought it was a decent interlude. Much better than the B-movie Missing in Action. It doesn't have the thrilling action and fantastic music of First Blood 2, but the structure is quite well thought out for this kind of film. More modern films would much more quickly veer towards the nitty-gritty without showing the preparation. But here, it was necessary with all those ex-military personnel who have already built new lives. It all has a bit of an A-Team feel, with a serious note here and there.

The story is simple, but told purposefully. Convincing the men, well, that's a bit too easy. The mission execution is logical, and while some explosions can be clumsy (firecrackers... well, guys) or overdone (grenades that hit like a kilo of C4 exploding), it's beautifully shot with good set pieces.

It's nice to see Swayze in an early role, which he plays quite well. And Hackman remains a legend; he delivers excellent work here as well. Fred Ward is a personal favorite of mine; I really enjoyed him in Remo Unarmed & Dangerous and Tremors. The other actors are also enjoyable.

The only thing I found weak: how the hell did they get out of the country? They get over that quite easily at the rushed ending.

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blurp194

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If we do meet again, we will smile! and if not, this parting was well done!

A rather odd combination of Shakespeare and Rambo—although Rambo hadn't even been invented yet, as this film came out shortly after First Blood. It's by the same director, though, hence the many similarities. Hackman's lead role also falls somewhere between Johnny and the good colonel—and yes, he is a colonel in this story.

The production is a bit of a mixed bag—one moment it feels like a made-for-TV movie, but a few moments later it's action, and that's completely convincing. And so is the cast. Hackman as a character actor, who makes you wonder what he's doing in this kind of film—until you realize he was a Marine before he started acting. But also Patrick Swayze, before anyone had even heard of him—with a milky-mouth, and a fitting role in the story. And every conceivable gradation in between those extremes, with actors I don't think I've ever seen before.

As mentioned, the story is more or less a carbon copy of The Dirty Dozen's plot—but that wasn't exactly original either. And it was just as easily copied by countless films that came later, including, obviously, the Rambo series. This one is a bit better than average, and not just because of Hackman—Kotcheff, just like in First Blood, has his act together perfectly. It's a shame about the TV movie vibe, but that's part of films from that period.

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