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Bat★21
🎬 Movie

Bat★21

1988 · 105 min Action War Drama
6.3 / 10 · TMDB

Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The film doesn't pretend to be about anything other than action — and that's an honest position. The director constructs scenes with a feel for space, pace, and rhythm.

If you love the genre — this is a solid specimen. If you're indifferent to action — there's nothing extraordinary here to convert you.

Good choice for group viewing when you want to watch rather than think.

Director: Peter Markle

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: Big screen, decent sound. This is cinema that should sound loud and fill the room.

🎭 Cast

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton

Danny Glover

Danny Glover

Capt. Bartholomew Clark

Jerry Reed

Jerry Reed

Col. George Walker

David Marshall Grant

David Marshall Grant

Ross Carver

Clayton Rohner

Clayton Rohner

Sgt. Harley Rumbaugh

Erich Anderson

Erich Anderson

Major Jake Scott

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Joe Dorsey

Col. Douglass

Michael Ng

Michael Ng

Vietnamese Man (as Rev. Michael Ng)

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Theodore Chan Woei-Shyong

Boy on Bridge

Don Ruffin

Don Ruffin

Helicopter Crew

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