Bayani, Sounds cool, like one of those movies that could create a cult following. Indie film students would probably eat it up. I'll Netflixit and check it out.

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I though about getting this from Netflicks, but even those guys said it was beyound awfull. I guess some things aren't made to be watched.

However, I did like "Castle Keep" and "Kelly's Heros" is one of my favorite movies. I've liked it since I saw it at Ft. Sill for .25 cents in 1971.

Eb, Ditto on Castle Keep and Kelly's Heroes. Castle Keep is one of those woven full of little ironies, philosophical possibilities and the comically absurd. I love the story within a story about the Volkswagen.

"Soldier Boyz"

Whew. Let me start with the first head shaker, within literally, the first couple of minutes before the opening credits are even through -- A cargo aircraft (UN supplies, appears to be a C-123 Provider -- wing over fuselage, tail ramp cargo door) is flying over modern day North Vietnam. It gets hit in the starboard engine area and goes down in a semi-controlled crash landing which we see from a coming at you, nose first point of view. Then we see it from the rear port side -- but it is now a wing under fuselage cargo plane like a C47 or close relative. A chic on board (who is central to the plot) ninja kicks open a side hatch (double door type) on the rear port side to make her escape...

So I'm hitting reverse - play - reverse - play and laughing.

Then we get into the "return to Viet Nam" genre, only this time the hero isn't Rambo or Chuck, it's Michael Dudikoff. Former Marine Major, now working as a counselor at a prison for juvenile gangbangers, racists, psychopaths, and the rich-preppy-deadly. There's a sexually abused hot Latina chic ax-murder too. So from this richly inspired gang of misfits, the Major gathers them into a rescue force to go save the door kicking ninja chic that was taken prisoner by anti-US trade North Viet rebels.

The Major suffers through selection interviews reminicent of James Coburn in the Deadly Dozen and Telly in the DD sequels. This is where we see the inner turmoils and anti-everything behavior of the powder-keg soon to be volunteers really shine. At this point I'm wondering why isn't there one of those big red buttons hooked to a self destruct nuke being pushed.

The ghosts of Coburn and Telly are watching the Major once they get in-country, and he only has three days to train this bunch, find the chic, and get back to the DZ for helo exfil -- good luck Major.

He grabs one of the guys by the crank with a death grip, trying to instill a little respect. I loved this emotional moment in the Major, because the veins are popping out of his neck while he is screaming boot camp style behavior modification rants into this guys face. I bet "The Gunny" loved this scene too.

At this point it's only about 30 min into the movie, but I had to quit watching it for domestic reasons -- new pup with a full bladder, walk same, cook dinner, and walk dog again.

It's free on On Demand if you have Comcast. I wouldn't rent it based on what I've seen so far, but it's one of those that if your're in a mood for crunching beer cans and need some low expectation entertainment, it's a brain twister. I really don't try to nit pick, but in my 20yrs in the active Marine Corps, I've NEVER seen ANY Marine wear a Marine camo cover so big it is down around his head and resting in the groove where his ears join his gourd. It's that kind of movie...

Yet inspite of all of this, I applaud Dudikoff for trying to pull it all off.