The Wild Geese (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Actor: Richard Burton; Sir Roger Moore; Richard Harris; Hardy KrugerDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Color, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 130 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-27
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Tango Entertainment
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Movie Review: A still ongoing part of post colonial African history
Summary: 4 Stars
The Wild Geese is a good movie in the style of Dogs of War, Tears of the Sun and many of Freddy Forsyth's novels. It paints a pretty fair picture of many of the growing pains of post colonial black africa wrapped up in the guise of a shoot 'em up war movie. The cast is superb and the story line while a little predictable and formulaic still makes a good pic to watch on a rainy afternoon.
The understory is still going on. Just look to Sierra Leone, Rwanda and a number of other countries in sub-sahara Africa and you'll see what I mean. For a movie as old as it is, it still tells a timely tale.
Summary of The Wild Geese (30th Anniversary Edition)
Studio: Tango Entertainment Inc Release Date: 09/27/2005Mixing action, humor, sentiment, and even a few righteous moral convictions, The Wild Geese is good, rousing fun. Released theatrically in 1978 (oddly, this 2005 DVD release is referred to as the "30th Anniversary Edition"), director Andrew V. McLaglen's film depicts the adventures of a group of British mercenaries hired by a shady multinational corporation to free the benevolent leader of an African nation held captive by a ruthless dictator. Led by the caustic, no-nonsense Col. Allen Faulkner (Richard Burton), these soldiers of fortune are all stout fellows out to earn a big payday and restore a good man to his rightful place of power (the underlying message of universal racial brotherhood is effective, if somewhat simplistic), and they do their job swiftly and efficiently... at least until they're double-crossed by their venal, perfidious employers, at which point the film becomes a tale of survival and revenge. The cast, which also includes Richard Harris, Roger Moore, and a host of other fine veteran actors, is first-rate, the story-telling efficient, the dialogue entertaining (with occasional bursts of profanity), and the action reasonably exciting and not overly graphic. And even if the pace is somewhat leisurely by new millennium standards (we're nearly an hour into it before the actual mission starts), The Wild Geese is a very enjoyable ride. Bonus features include a profile of producer Euan Lloyd and commentary by Lloyd, Moore, and journalist Jonathan Sothcott. --Sam Graham
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