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The Mercenaries [Dark of the Sun] *** (1968, Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Brown, Kenneth More, Peter Carsten) – Classic Movie Review 9071

Wilbur Smith’s second published novel The Dark of the Sun (1965), about mercenaries during the Congo Crisis, was filmed as The Mercenaries (1968) starring Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux. Director Jack Cardiff’s 1968 MGM British movie The Mercenaries [Dark of the […]

Nov, 15

Revolt of the Mercenaries [La rivolta dei mercenari] ** (1961, Virginia Mayo, Conrado San Martín, Susana Canales) – Classic Movie Review 7937

Director Piero Costa’s 1964 Revolt of the Mercenaries [La Rivolta dei Mercenari] is a lurid and lusty if somewhat mediocre Italian swashbuckler, set during the Renaissance in Friuli, Venezia, in an Italy that was then […]

Dec, 23

The Wild Geese **** (1978, Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Kruger, Stewart Granger, Jack Watson, Frank Finlay, Kenneth Griffith, Barry Foster) – Classic Movie Review 5489

Director Andrew V McLaglen’s intense, realistic and enjoyable 1978 all-star British blood-and-guts war adventure movie The Wild Geese stars Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Kruger as Colonel Allen Faulkener, Lieutenant Shawn Fynn […]

May, 24

The Burning [Ardor] *** (2014, Gael García Bernal, Alice Braga, Chico Díaz) – Movie Review

Gael García Bernal stars as Kai, a mysterious tattooed stranger who emerges from the Argentinian rainforest to rescue farm girl Vania (Alice Braga), the kidnapped daughter of a poor farmer, after mercenaries murder her father […]

Jun, 17

Chill Factor ** (1999, Cuba Gooding Jnr, Skeet Ulrich) – Classic Movie Review 1485

Director Hugh Johnson’s 1999 release has its moments but it is a sluggish, formulaic, unbelievable Speed-style chase thriller, with engaging performances from the likeable stars giving it a bit of a lift. Cuba Gooding Jnr […]

Jul, 27

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