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Code Name Wild Geese
Geheimcode Wildgänse

Italy/West Germany 1984
produced by
Erwin C. Dietrich, Gianfranco Couyoumdjian for Ascot Film, Gico Cinematografica
directed by Anthony M. Dawson (= Antonio Margheriti)
starring Lewis Collins, Lee Van Cleef, Klaus Kinski, Ernest Borgnine, Manfred Lehmann, Mimsy Farmer, Thomas Danneberg, Frank Glaubrecht, Alan Collins (= Luciano Pigozzi), Hartmut Neugebauer, Wolfgang Pampel, Rene Abadeza, Bruce Baron
written by Tito Carpi, Michael Lester, Gianfranco Couyoumdjian, music by Jan Nemec, Eloy

Antonio Margheriti's Mercenary-Trilogy

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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On behalf of the British and American gouvernment (represented by Wolfgang Pampel and Ernest Borgnine), Commander Wesley (Lewis Collins) , his gang of mercenaries (Manfred Lehmann, Thomas Danneberg, Frank Glaubrecht, Bruce Baron) and their pilot China (Lee van Cleef) are sent to the Golden Triangle to destroy a heroin lab and storage run by the powerful General in the middle of the jungle. The operation itself runs relatively smoothly - withthe exception that one of them (Frank Glaubrecht) is badly wounded -, but problems arise when only minutes before their departure their helicopter is blown up.. Plus, they are burdened with Mary Robson (Mimsy Farmer), a journalist who was taken prisoner and pumped up with heroin by the General. Now our little group has to make their way through the jungle on foot, always hunted by the enemy, and they learn about a second heroin storage/lab and a heroin transport train which they decide to also blow up ... since the Commander's son was killed by a heroin overdose, he is fighting his private little war against drugs.

But first, our gang seeks shelter with a priest (Alan Collins) havign his church in the middle of the jungle. ... later the priest is crucified by the General's men for his efforts when the Commander and his mercenaries are out blowing up the train.

At long last, our heroes find the second heroin lab/storage ... when they are suddenly attacked by one of their own superiors, Charlton (Klaus Kinski), who turns out to be a drug baron in his own right ... but ultimately he dies when his own operation goes up in flames.

Of all our heroes, only the Commander, China and Mary make it back to civilisation ... and for the Commander, there is one thing left to do, to kill Brenner (Hartmut Neugebauer), who also has dirtied his hands in the drug business, and has personally seen to it that the Commander's son shoots up and overdoses ...

 

In the wake of the Rambo-series of films, war/mercenary movies were suddenly talk of the town for a while, very often cheaply and badly done reactionary actioners which had little to go for them.

Of these movies, Code Name: Wild Geese is one of the best, it had a big enough budget, plenty of action, it was competently directed by Anthony M.Dawson, a specialist in many genres, and it featured a cool cast  made up of many (B-)veterans. Ultimately of course, the film is totally neglectable, but at the same time it doesn't insult the audience like so many similar movies, and is quite entertaining if you don't expect too much.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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