THE PLOT THUS FAR
Robert Culp plays Bracken, whose life seems perfect until his wife Ellen and their children are kidnapped by terrorists one day. After failed attempts to capture them back by the police, Ellen’s ex husband enters the fray and plans his own rescue attempt. James Coburn plays McCabe, Ellen’s ex-husband who hires a crew of professional hang gliders to help him rescue her and the kids from the terrorist’s mountain top lair.
WHAT WE THOUGHT
Robert Culp plays an official living in Greece whose wife York and their two children are taken hostage by a sketchy band of terrorists and held for ransom atop an abandoned monastery. The remote building sits high on a pillar with only similar pillars around it and deep valleys and cliffs as the surrounding terrain. Culp works with the police while York’s first husband Coburn takes a different tack. He pairs up with hang glider expert Beck and his team of specialists to stage a rescue.
The gliding scenes are well done and thrilling up to a point. My biggest problem is that the escape plan seems all too easy seeing where the kidnappers are located. Of course it’s not all done without a hitch but there are no real twists to keep things exciting. The last part of the film becomes a standard shoot em up film that you have scene hundreds of times before.
The DVD arrives with trailers, TV spots and a photo gallery. The A/V Quality is adequate for the film’s age with a standard definition transfer and a Dolby Surround track to support it. While it’s not an easily recognizable film, it’s a true blue man movie from the 1970s. Even though it has a weird Condorman vibe. In the end, I’d recommend a purchase.
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