Uncommon Valor

Uncommon Valor


Starring:Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Fred Ward, Reb Brown, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Patrick Swayze, Harold Sylvester, Tim Thomerson, Lau Nga Lai, Kwan Hi Lim, Kelly Junkerman, Todd Allen, Gail Strickland, Jane Kaczmarek, Gloria Stroock, Constance Forslund, Charles Aidman, Debi Parker, Jan Triska, Jeremy Kemp
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Based on a true story, this action film set in the post-Vietnam era casts Gene Hackman as a retired military man who gets tired of government inaction in tracking down the whereabouts of his son, who has been listed as missing in action in Vietnam. So he gathers and trains a rough group of Vietnam vets to launch his own mission into Laos, where his intelligence tells him the son is being held. Hackman brings sorrowful power to the role of determined father, and has a rugged supporting cast (including Patrick Swayze, Fred Ward, and Randall "Tex" Cobb) to keep the story moving forward, even when the machinations become formulaic. --Marshall Fine
Uncommon Valor
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Uncommon Valor Is Reality.
  • Uncommon Valor's Storyline
  • excellent movie
  • action with passion
  • the first and best of the "return to 'nam to get p.o.w.'s" movies
 Uncommon Valor
Starring: Gene Hackman , Robert Stack , Fred Ward , Reb Brown , and Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Manufacturer: Paramount
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00005ASGE
Release Date: 2001-05-22

Amazon.com

Based on a true story, this action film set in the post-Vietnam era casts Gene Hackman as a retired military man who gets tired of government inaction in tracking down the whereabouts of his son, who has been listed as missing in action in Vietnam. So he gathers and trains a rough group of Vietnam vets to launch his own mission into Laos, where his intelligence tells him the son is being held. Hackman brings sorrowful power to the role of determined father, and has a rugged supporting cast (including Patrick Swayze, Fred Ward, and Randall "Tex" Cobb) to keep the story moving forward, even when the machinations become formulaic. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Uncommon Valor Is Reality........2007-05-09

Uncommon Valor is a outstanding motion picture that should be viewed by politicians and war mongrels around the globe. Gene Hackman in Uncommon Valor gave his true feelings and thoughts of a government who leave their men behind in wars (POW's). This movie should and shall be rated above all war films, due in part because the men deplicted on the film fought for freedom of men that their government had forgot. And the men on the film had to lay their lives on the line for real this time with a righteous cause of good. *****

4 out of 5 stars Uncommon Valor's Storyline.......2007-01-21

I love this movie. I only have a few comments on some scenes within. First, why is the CIA doing surveillance at the American airport on a retired Colonel and his mercenary crew going on a POW/MIA mission? The CIA is not chartered for domestic surveillance. Second, the boat scene, after the crew has loaded its gear on it, fails to show Mr. Chang's two daughters. It showed all the other members but not the girls - where were they? Third, in the scene where Patrick Swayze fires from the
hill-top down onto the Lao guards, Mr. Chang was shot in the head. By whom? Unless a sharpshooter was hiding nearby, it would be nearly impossible for an infantryman to shoot upward to his target and hit him in the forehead, especially with the "fog of war" occuring through most of that scene.

Comments aside, the movie is inspiring and brings tears to my eyes due to the fact that a handful of guys had the balls to go back to SouthEast Asia and retrieve our POWs/MIAs whereas the Government failed to do so. The acting may be melodramatic, but the storyline is right on.

4 out of 5 stars excellent movie.......2006-07-05

this is a great movie, acting may be a little light, but the action and story make up for it.

5 out of 5 stars action with passion.......2006-06-28

This Movie is no doubt, one of the greatest action films or should it be more classified along the lines of drama. Our gopvernment does not want to admit it, but we all know they left alot of our fellows over there. The story comes from a hit home perspective. A father, veteran servant and loyalist to his country, desperatley seeking his son, MIA in vietnam. Heart gripping scene when he awakens from a dream of his son as a child, in all his innocence, standing at his bed at night, looking for the security of his father druning a thunder storm. Now, knowing his son cries out for his loving security from the real torment he lives in in his bondage. Don't miss out on this passionate story, that will truly touch your heart. First rate!!

5 out of 5 stars the first and best of the "return to 'nam to get p.o.w.'s" movies.......2006-06-13

this action classic has gene hackman as a former marine who is still looking for his son who was taken prisoner in 'nam in the 70's. with a great supporting cast(robert stack,fred ward patrick swayze, reb brown,and more)he set out to bring his son home.
great action in the final 40 mins. and really just a slam bang action movie!!!
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        Starring: Jude Law , Ed Harris , Rachel Weisz , Joseph Fiennes , and Bob Hoskins
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