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6.7/10
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A Vietnam veteran involves his Wife and a war buddy in the dangerous world of drug smuggling.A Vietnam veteran involves his Wife and a war buddy in the dangerous world of drug smuggling.A Vietnam veteran involves his Wife and a war buddy in the dangerous world of drug smuggling.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Joaquín Martínez
- Angel
- (as Joaquin Martinez)
José Carlos Ruiz
- Galindez
- (as Jose Carlos Ruiz)
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Did you know
- TriviaNick Nolte wore a back brace during much of the filming to maintain a rigid Marine posture.
- GoofsIn 1971, the U.S. military would have not paid to return old, obsolete helicopters and other junk seen on the deck of Ray's ship back to the U.S. It would have been given to South Vietnam or abandoned or scrapped in that country.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Dick Tracy/Torn Apart/Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
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Criticised for it's amorality and drug use I personally can see Dog Soldiers as nothing else than an anti-drugs film. The heroin that caused such misery and death ends up in the sand by choice. Sickened and disillusioned after Nam, Converse, played brilliantly by Micheal Moriaty virtually blackmails his friend Ray Hicks into smuggling in some Heroin in a cynical what-the-hell gesture against the world. His wife is already hooked on prescription drugs and eventually goes on the heroin. He is out of his league and is forced by corrupt policemen to hunt down Hicks and his wife after they go on the run with the smack. Hicks is a violent man, recently turned on to Nietchze by Converse who considers Hicks a psychopath and is through "taking sh*t from inferior people", vowing destruction on anyone who takes him on. Falling in love with the girl Hick's reveals a surprising tenderness in looking after her. The Converses are seemingly indifferent to Hicks until they realise too late the unexpected Christian sacrifice he makes on their behalf although they wronged him and were unworthy of it.
Nolte, an actor allegedly as eccentric as his fictional character, gives a
multi-faceted and compelling performance as the alienated Hicks. The powerful ending and gesture by the man gives hope and suggests that ultimately friendship is the one true gift one can give to another outside the cynical buying and selling of people as represented by the heroin. Some uneven pacing is the only flaw in an adult, gripping, unusual and often witty American classic.
Nolte, an actor allegedly as eccentric as his fictional character, gives a
multi-faceted and compelling performance as the alienated Hicks. The powerful ending and gesture by the man gives hope and suggests that ultimately friendship is the one true gift one can give to another outside the cynical buying and selling of people as represented by the heroin. Some uneven pacing is the only flaw in an adult, gripping, unusual and often witty American classic.
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- Dog Soldiers
- Filming locations
- Cody's Books - 2454 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California, USA(bookstore scenes)
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- Budget
- $5,500,000 (estimated)
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