

Manticore
2005-11-26 · 88 min · ★ 4.7
During Operation Iraqi Freedom, a US Army Squad is sent to a small Iraqi town to locate a missing news crew, only to find the residents of the town dead and a living weapon of mass destruction, a Manticore, awakened from its long slumber by a terrorist leader wanting to rid his land of the American invaders at any price.
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- Directors
- Tripp Reed
- Production companies
- Sci Fi Pictures, Unified Film Organization, BUFO, Syfy
- Countries
- Bulgaria, United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Robert BeltranSgt. Baxter
Jeff FaheyKramer
Chase MastersonAshley Pierce
Heather DonahueCpl. Keats
Faran TahirUmari
A.J. BuckleyPvt. Sulley
Richard GnolfoJohn Busey
Jonas TalkingtonMouth
Michail ElenovFathi
George ZlatarevSafa
Benjamin BurdickRyan
Michael Cory DavisPvt. Davis
Atanas SrebrevCharms
Vladimir MihaylovMickey (as Vlado Mihailov)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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