The Dogs of War

(1980)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 185 votes

Genres: Thriller, Action, Adventure

Year: 1980

Runtime: 118 мин

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Director: John Irvin

Cast: Кристофер Уокен, Том Беренджер, Колин Блейкли, Hugh Millais, Пол Фримен, Жан-Франсуа Стевенен, Джобет Уильямс, Robert Urquhart, Winston Ntshona, Педро Армендарис мл.

Plot

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

Jamie Shannon is a soldier of fortune -- a mercenary who will stage a coup or a revolution for the right price. He is hired by British mining interests to scout out Zangaro, a small African nation with rich mineral deposits but a brutal and xenophobic dictatorship. Arrested soon after his arrival, Shannon is imprisoned as a spy, badly beaten, and tortured. While in prison he meets one of the country's leading intellectuals, Dr. Okoye, also imprisoned by the regime. Eventually released, he returns to London and is subsequently offered to opportunity to secretly invade Zangaro's capital and lead a military coup. Shannon accepts, but quietly has his own agenda to pursue.