Review of The Fourth War (1990) by Michael T — 11 Jan 2016
Its 1988, the Cold War is winding down. Colonel Jack Knowles (Roy Schneider) a hero in the Vietnam War who has bounced from from assignment to assignment finds himself in command of a small U.S. base on the West German/Czechoslovakia border.
When Knowles witnesses Czech border guards shoot down a dissident trying to flee to the West and encounters his Soviet counterpart, Colonel N.A. Valachev (a war hero from Afghanistan) the two men develop a dislike for each other and soon their feud threatens to start World War III.
Not as good as John Frankenheimer's 1960s Thrillers (The Manchurian Candidate, Seconds, The Train, etc) but it is still an enjoyable and action-filled Thriller. With Tim Red as Schneider's XO and Harry Deann Stanton as U.
S. Army general. It did not do well at the ox office, but a year before this movie came out, Berlin Wall came down.
This review of The Fourth War (1990) was written by Michael T on 11 Jan 2016.
The Fourth War has generally received mixed reviews.
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