Review of The Wild Geese (1978) by Danny R — 12 Sep 2010
A entertaining good old blood and guts action-adventure, starring the late Richard Burton in a first-rate performance as a fearless veteran mercenary, Colonel Faulkner who has been employed by a sinister British banker, well played by Stewart Granger, who in a effort to advance his own business interests, wants him to free a deposed African president from a brutal prison in Africa, before he is executed by a ruthless dictator.
Burton contacts and also hires his former mercenary compatriots, played terrifically by Roger Moore and Richard Harris, who organized 50 crack mercenary paratroops to go to a remote hostile corner of Africa to rescue the imprisoned president.
Burton and his team of mercenaries accomplished their mission, only to fine out the hard way that they have been double-crossed by the banker, who has struck a new deal with the dictator. Solid direction by Andrew V.
MacLaglen, with excellent supporting performances by Hardy Kruger, Jack Wetson, Winston Ntshona, John Kani, and Kenneth Griffith. The thrilling combat battle sequences are well-choreographed, and the nail-biting climactic escape is very suspenseful.
Filmed on location in South Africa. Highly Recommended.
This review of The Wild Geese (1978) was written by Danny R on 12 Sep 2010.
The Wild Geese has generally received positive reviews.
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