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63% Critic Match
Bat★21
“Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.”
6.3 / 10• 1988• 1h 45m•R• English
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Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Gene Hackman
Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Lead
Danny Glover
Capt. Bartholomew Clark
Jerry Reed
Col. George Walker
David Marshall Grant
Ross Carver
Clayton Rohner
Sgt. Harley Rumbaugh
Erich Anderson
Major Jake Scott
JD
Joe Dorsey
Col. Douglass
Michael Ng
Vietnamese Man (as Rev. Michael Ng)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Markle's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Bat★21 is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
