Introduction Two Mules for Sister Sara is a 1970 American-Mexican Western film in Panavision directed by Don Siegel and starring Shirley MacLaine (billed above Clint Eastwood in the film’s credits, but not on the poster) set during the French intervention in Mexico (1861-1867). The film was to have been the first in a five-year exclusive… Read More
Introduction Mercenary Fighters is a 1988 action adventure film by director Riki Shelach Nissimoff. Outline The president of an African country wants to boost his economy with a new dam. He ignores the protests of the tribes in the flooded region, so they declare rebellion. To avoid bad publicity, the president does not use his… Read More
Introduction Medieval (Jan Žižka or Warrior of God) is a 2022 English-language Czech historical drama film directed by Petr Jákl. It is about the life of Jan Žižka, a Bohemian military commander who never lost a battle. The film is set prior to the Hussite Wars (1419-1434), when Žižka was young. It tells the story… Read More
Introduction Wild Geese II is a 1985 British action-thriller film directed by Peter Hunt, based on the 1982 novel The Square Circle by Daniel Carney, in which a group of mercenaries are hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin. The film is a sequel to the 1978 film The Wild Geese, which… Read More
Introduction The Wild Geese is a 1978 war film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, and Hardy Krüger. A British banker hires a group of British mercenaries to rescue a deposed African President from the hands of a corrupt African dictator. Refer to The Wild Geese II (1985),… Read More
Introduction Commando Leopard (German: Kommando Leopard) is a 1985 war film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Lewis Collins, Klaus Kinski, and Manfred Lehmann. It is the second of their three mercenary war films (including Codename Wild Geese and The Commander). Outline In an unnamed Latin American dictatorship, a group of rebel freedom fighters fight… Read More
Introduction Code Name: Wild Geese (Italian: Arcobaleno selvaggio, German: Geheimcode: Wildgänse) is a 1984 West German-Italian Euro War film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Lewis Collins in the first of their three mercenary war films (including Commando Leopard and The Commander). Despite the films title, Code Name: Wild Geese is not the sequel to… Read More
Introduction A Major leads a group of mercenaries whose mission is to protect a disc full of secrets, located in South Asia. Also known as Der Commander (original title) and The Triangle of Fear (literal translation of working title). Outline The third in a triptych of Italian jungle combat adventures that includes Commando Leopard and… Read More
Introduction BBC News Arabic and BBC News Russian have teamed up to deliver a TV documentary which investigates the presence in Libya of fighters who are working for the Wagner Group – a shadowy Russian organisation supplying fighters to war zones – fighters who are accused of war crimes by the local population. Outline BBC… Read More
Introduction The Last Valley is a 1971 film directed by James Clavell, a historical drama set during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648). While war ravages southern Germany, a mercenary leader (Michael Caine) and a teacher (Omar Sharif) stumble upon a valley untouched by the war. Based upon the novel The Last Valley (1959), by J.B.… Read More
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