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Synopsis: Colonel James Braddock is an American officer who spent seven years in a North Vietnamese POW camp, then escaped 10 years ago. After the bloodiest war, Braddock accompanies a government investigation team that goes to Ho Chi Minh City to check out reports of Americans still held prisoner. Braddock gets the evidence then travels to Thailand, where he meets Tuck, an old Army buddy turned black market kingpin. Together, they launch a mission deep into the jungle to free the American POWs from General Trau.
Director(s): Joseph Zito
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
5.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
20%
R
Year:
1984
101 min
506 Views


It's ten dollars.

It's awfully cheap.

- Buy me a drink, handsome?

- Not tonight.

Do you speak English?

You bet.

- I'm looking for a friend.

- Isn't everybody?

He must be a good friend.

His name's Tucker. Jack Tucker.

I think... maybe I have heard of him.

- Where can I find him?

- What do you want him for?

Wrong answer.

He's probably at Madame Pearl's

whorehouse down the road.

Thanks.

Come back soon.

Taxi! Taxi!

Patpong Road.

Sam Song Hotel.

J' She sits alone waiting for suggestions

J' He's so nervous,

avoiding all the questions

J' His lips are dry...

- Where's Madame Pearl?

- She's over there.

J' If you want my body

and you think I'm sexy

J' Come on, honey, let it show

I'm looking for Jack Tucker.

Is he around?

He'll be here... in a moment.

Thanks.

How's it going, Tuck?

Braddock.

- What the hell are you doing here?

- I wanna rent your boat.

Oh, sh*t. We'd better talk later.

It's important. How much?

Five grand.

- Four grand!

- I didn't hear ya!

Two!

- Did you say one thousand?

- No.

Yeah, a thousand bucks.

That's what I thought you said.

Come on.

What the hell do you need

my boat for, anyway?

We're going back to Nam

to rescue some MIAs.

Oh, sh*t, Braddock. You're crazy.

You said "we."

You said "we're going back."

You owe me, Tuck. I need your help.

Yeah, I owe you.

More than once.

All right, you bastard.

I'll take you in.

But I'm not going ashore.

OK?

OK.

Getting in is no problem.

I've been smuggling cigarettes

and booze for years.

My new Southern Belle's one of the

fastest boats in the water around here.

There she is.

What the hell is that?

Like my daddy always said,

don't believe everything you see.

Discourages pirates.

I'll show you something back here.

They're Detroit diesels.

Turbocharged, 650 horsepower.

We can hit 21 knots if we have to.

M-16s, grenades, C-4, LAW.

You're playing for keeps.

What the hell do you need

an assault raft for?

The camp's in the delta.

A raft is the easiest way in.

How come you never mention

getting out?

If we can hit the camp without raising

an alarm, we'll go back the way we came.

- That's nice. And if not?

- We'll think of something.

Great. Look, you wanna do me a favor?

Next time I ask you something

about the mission,

you don't tell me nothing, OK?

I'd rather not know.

- There is something else.

- What?

We could use a long-range chopper

as a backup.

Now how in hell are we supposed

to manage that?

We'll think of something.

Gentlemen,

I can help you with everything,

even the M-16s, but not the raft.

Bullshit, Carlos.

We both know you got one.

Got one? Sure, I got one.

I got the only one in all Thailand.

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