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Subgenre Sampler
Missing in Action (1984)- Dir. Joseph Zito
Feat. Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh - Simplistic but iconic 80s actioner, with Norris as a RAMBO–figure, a Vietnam Vet who returns to liberate POWs from their jungle hellholes.…
Red Dawn (1984)- Dir. John Milius
Feat. Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Harry Dean Stanton… - Playing out the US fear/fantasy of Commie invasion, this sees a high–school football team (led by Patrick Swayze) make for the hills and wage…
Hong Kong 1941 (Dang doi lai ming) (1983)- Dir. Po-Chi Leong
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Alex Man, Kien Shih… - One of Chow Yun–Fat's early classics, this portrays the disturbing invasion of Hong Kong by the Japanese in 1941, which disrupts the dreams and…
Uncommon Valor (1983)- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Reb Brown… - Gene Hackman plays an American marine who believes his son is still being held in Laos in the aftermath of The Vietnam War. From the director of the…
Under Fire (1983)
- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy, Gene Hackman… - A sterling drama concerning journalistic ethics in the mire of the Nicaraguan civil war. Nick Nolte is a photographer who is tempted into taking…
1915 (TV Mini-series) (1982)- Feat. Scott Burgess, Scott McGregor, Lorraine Bayly…
- A solid recreation of the Great War era, this TV mini–series charts the experiences of several young men leaving the home–front in…
Attack Force Z (1982)- Dir. Tim Burstall
Feat. Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Chris Haywood - Manly, gung–ho war vehicle stars fresh–faced Australasians Mel Gibson and Sam Neill as commandos dispatched to rescue survivors of a…
Das Boot (The Boat) (1981)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Jurgen Prochnow - Nail biting, meticulous and realistic account of a German U–boat's prowlings through the North Atlantic. The most expensive German film to…
Victory (Escape to Victory) (1981)- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow - Implausible yet jolly entertaining WWII story has a soccer team of assorted POWs attempting to escape a Paris stadium during a match against the Nazi…
Big Red One, The (1980)- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Lee Marvin - The best role in years for Lee Marvin, who plays the intrepid squadron leader of director Sam Fuller's WWII memoirs. Distinctive war film is…
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