Pacific Inferno
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Dick Adair, Jim Brown, Richard Jaeckel, Rik Van Nutter, Timothy Brown Director: Rolf Bayer DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Color, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 90 minutes DVD Release Date: 2001-09-25 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: United American Video |
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Movie Reviews of Pacific Inferno
Movie Review: Bottom of the barrel dreck
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie about World War 2 in the Pacific was made in 1979 but did not see the light of day until a video release in the mid 1980's .Jim Brown -who also co-produced the picture -plays Clyde Preston a US Navy diver compelled by the conquering Japanese to lead a team of largely US divers in diving in Manila Bay to recover the consignment of silver dumped there by MacArthur to ensure it did not fall into Japanese hands .The team includes Zoe (Tim Brown),the composed and astute Dealer (Richard Jaeckel) and the argumentative Dennis (Rik Van Nutter).Aided by the local Filipino resistance they set out to delay and sabotage the project ,a key role being played by atractive and feisty Tita (Dindo Fernandez)of the resistance .The Japanese lose patience and call in the big cheese to sort things out.
Jaeckel apart this is poorly acted and the direction is soporific.The use of anachronistic songs on the soundtrack is also an irritant especially that bombastic sloganeering pile of musical pigeon poop Edwin Starr's "War"( A desperate bid for "relevance"perhaps.?)
Action scenes are poorly staged and the one plus point is the location shooting in the Philippines .The scenery is splendid but unfortunately some rather poor actors spend too much time standing in front of it and obscuring the view
Best avoided unless you are a Pacific war completist in which case it has curiosity appeal