Chuck Norris and Sly Stallone really has nothing on Gene Hackman & Company as Hackman can act, first of all. Despite liking Norris and Stallone. But, Hackman knows how to act! He plays Colonel Rhodes, a career military man as his only son, is a POW in Vietnam. Despite the government and everybody else saying to him that he needs to give up. Still, any and all hindrances won't deter him. As he rounds up a group of men from his son's team in the Vietnam War. That have gone onto other things, meaning other jobs, in hopes of saving his son and others left by the war as POWs. And with financial backing from a billionaire, played by Robert Stack, also having a son that is a POW. As the camp is built like a POW camp in order to prepare them for the worse. There, they meet young rookie, Marine reject Patrick Swayze. The first part deals with their training, as the other five vets that aren't sure about Swayze and after not taking lightly being bossed by a rookie young Marine. They mutiny and Sailor, who steals the movie played brilliantly by, Randall "Tex" Cobb teaches the rookie a lesson in a fistfight. As it is revealed by Rhodes, he has a father that's MIA, shot down in Vietnam. There the young Marine is taken in by the vets and also learns to work as a team member, rather than a leader. He learns that he needed to be a team member, not a team leader all along. Second, despite a few obstacles and more government bureaucracy, Hackman's character and the now organized six men, won't stop until they rescue the POWs. Won't give away how they do it or the end, but it is pretty bittersweet. But all in all, it goes to show us, that we shouldn't leave out the POWs. Don't know why Cobb could had been a bigger name and given bigger roles after this. I admit the Swayze character was kind of jerk but then, mellowed out a bit. As well as started to learn to, become a team player. But it is Hackman's movie as he is brilliant in this. As well as the other supporting players. That build support around him.
Review of Uncommon Valor
