Review of Men of War (1994) by Semoo . — 02 Mar 2010
This is such a cool, cool movie. Generally speaking, movies like this shouldn't be any good. Mercs travelling to non-specific locations to wipe out the locals for whatever reason. What makes this one different, is that it actually has a really good script and a director who knows what he's doing.
Even our band of Dirty Dozen style heroes work better than they should, because while they're not exactly three dimensional, what they are essentially, are well realized cliche's - and as such you care about them and believe in their individual motivations.
Hell, even the cause that they end up fighting for feels worthy of our attention and sympathy.
The action is also really good with enough variety to ensure that things never get stale - and to top it all off - Its got one of those fantastically horrible bad guys who you would like nothing more than to see get it in the most horrible way possible - (Like the one in Steven Seagal's best: 'Out for Justice') - a real sleazy, slimey - and oddly, bisexual creature - who is also very funny.
And the movies finally is very, very satisfying.
This review of Men of War (1994) was written by Semoo . on 02 Mar 2010.
Men of War has generally received mixed reviews.
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