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      High Velocity

      PG 1977 1 hr. 46 min. Action List
      Reviews 60% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score In a Third World country run by a vicious military junta, rebel forces kidnap Andersen (Keenan Wynn), the belligerent CEO of a heartless corporation that's been exploiting the country's workers. Ex-mercenary Baumgartner (Ben Gazzara) and his partner, Watson (Paul Winfield), are hired by Andersen's right-hand man, Martel (Alejandro Rey), to track down his boss. But Martel, whose various misdeeds include an affair with his boss's wife (Britt Ekland), doesn't want Andersen brought back alive. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member A largely forgotten little action flic. Among the first with a "bummer" ending, a la "To live and die in LA". I first saw it on late-nite TV in the late 70's and liked it a lot: two old military buddies on a last coerced mission where no one has clean hands. Maybe a bit slow to the action but it pays off. I found a Canadian rental VHS copy in the early 90's which fortunately wasn't copyright encoded and burned myself a few DVDs. Why this film hasn't been released on DVD, considering the yearly ton of CRAP that goes from studio straight to disc is a mystery to me. A true loss. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member High stakes as a Thai corporation hires an American Vietnam marine vet to carry out a rescue mission for a man who has been kidnapped by a guerilla organization. I was familiar with Ben Gazzara from seeing him as a character actor in many films over the years, felt he carried the lead role in this action film reasonably well. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Retired mercernary is coerced to retrieve corporate executive after he is kidnapped by guerrilla forces in an unidentified jungle nation. Film never connected with me, you never became sympathetic to the the plight of the executive or the cause of the guerrilla forces. Does feature a solid cast of veteran actors. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis In a Third World country run by a vicious military junta, rebel forces kidnap Andersen (Keenan Wynn), the belligerent CEO of a heartless corporation that's been exploiting the country's workers. Ex-mercenary Baumgartner (Ben Gazzara) and his partner, Watson (Paul Winfield), are hired by Andersen's right-hand man, Martel (Alejandro Rey), to track down his boss. But Martel, whose various misdeeds include an affair with his boss's wife (Britt Ekland), doesn't want Andersen brought back alive.
      Director
      Remi Kramer
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Action
      Original Language
      English