The Dogs of War
by John Irvin
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Actor: Christopher Walken, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais, Paul Freeman, Tom BerengerDirector: John Irvin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
Published: 2001-11-20
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The Dogs of War
Movie Review: Damn good picture without any easy answers....
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great film, a film that hasn't dated and a film where you can watch Christopher Walken before he became a rather silly parody of himself. Walken plays a mercenary hired by a conglomorate/corporation to check out a 3rd world African country. The person that hires Walken has ties to investors who want to know how stable the country is, and whether they need to instigate a coup de tat to install a more "friendlier" leader. The corporation decides that a new leader is needed, but Walken and his crew have other things on their minds, leading to an unexpected (and believable) ending.
The best thing about this film is that it just shows the events without restorting to simplistic, "this is bad" tones that mar many Hollywood films. The film has no easy answers and poses no easy questions. It just shows you how coups occur, why they occur, and what happens after they're done. It's a neat little picture, perhaps a little cold, but very realistic, exciting, thought provoking, and it leaves an indelible impression.
Summary of The Dogs of War
Back before Christopher Walken became a caricature of himself, when he was still considered a rising actor based on his Oscar? for The Deer Hunter, he made this graphic, exciting action film, about a group of professional mercenaries. Walken leads a band of soldiers of fortune, who are hired to overthrow a dictator in West Africa (think Idi Amin). But when their mission is compromised by political and monetary forces, Walken returns to the United States, disillusioned, battered, and not sure the high life of lawyers, guns, and money is really for him. Still, vengeance is sweet, as his partner, Tom Berenger, keeps whispering into his ear. A better film than it's generally given credit for, The Dogs of War features the kind of cool, detached performance Walken used to be capable of, before he began believing both the hype and ridicule about his over-the-top style. --Marshall FineAcademy Award?(r) winner* Christopher Walken (Pulp Fiction) is a brutal mercenary who must fight the ultimate battleagainst his own consciencein this powerful action thriller with a "heart-thumping tempo" (The Hollywood Reporter). The Dogs Of War is a spectacular adventure that brilliantly captures the gloryand horrorof war. Jamie Shannon (Walken) is a cynical warrior-for-hire who feels truly alive only in the heat of battle, and now he's aboutto take on the most challenging assignment of his career: to invade a corrupt African dictatorship and shift control to the "puppet" of a powerful British corporation. To prepare, Shannon masterfullytrains and equips a squad of deadly mercenaries with the latest and most destructive tactics and military hardware. But as their explosive assault begins, Shannon finds himself embroiled in an internal conflict of his own: Will this be his greatest triumph or has he sold his soul along with his battle expertise?
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