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Above the War

1989-01-01 · 95 min · ★ 4.0

Action · War

Somewhere in North Vietnam, an American base is overrun by V.C. and a golden Buddha statue is stolen. The American high command won't have this and sends in an elite force of goof-offs to recover the item. The team (the B-TEAM!!) is to be led by Rom Kristoff and feature two white guys and two Asian guys in order to (hysterically!) trade-off who is keeping who prisoner among them in order to infiltrate enemy lines.

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Directors
Ken Watanabe
Production companies
Watanabe Film Co, Red Condre Productions
Countries
Japan, Philippines
Status
Released

Top Cast

Romano KristoffRomano KristoffTop
Michael WelbornKio
Jeff GriffithFish
Yasuaki KurataYasuaki KurataCook
Shinya OnoShinya OnoAnimal
Shinya OnoShinya OnoGeneral Kom
Leo GamboaLeo GamboaCommander Thieu
Richard HarrisonRichard HarrisonGeneral O'Connor
Evie FenderLieutenant Jhons
Adrian SmithBoy
Francis KeroneGeneral Murphy
Mike MontyGeneral Stark
George SoethGeneral Hamilton
Robert DennyGeneral Benders
Curtis CarterGeneral Davis
Pat AndrewGeneral 1
Oscar DanielsGeneral 2
Fritz LenhartzGeneral 3
Jorge HolgateGeneral 4
Daniel GardnerDaniel GardnerGeneral 5

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