The Dogs of War

  • Thriller
  • Action
  • Adventure
12/17/1980
118
R

Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip...

Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.

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Revenue:
$5,484,132
Budget:
$8,000,000

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  • tmdb28039023

    Zangaro, the fictional African country in The Dogs of War, is something like Zamunda's poor, small neighbor especially small. North (Colin Blakely), a British documentarian, informs James Shannon (the invaluable Christopher Walken) that a week after taking office, President Kimba sent his opponents, Colonel Bobi (George Harris) and Dr. Okoye (Winston Ntshona), into exile and jail, respectively.

    When Shannon, a mercenary on a reconnaissance mission to determine the feasibility of a coup d'état, is arrested, what are the odds that he'll briefly find himself in the same cell as the good doctor? Apparently, as good as befriending one of Kimba's mistresses.

    Contrived coincidences aside, director John Irvin wisely favors, like the Frederic...

    September 8, 2022

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