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Bat★21

6.3/10
TMDB230 votes
1988Original: English105 min

Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.

Genres: Action, War, Drama
Cast: Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed, David Marshall Grant, Clayton Rohner

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About Bat★21

Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.

Bat★21 (1988) is a film in the action, war, drama genres. Directed by Peter Markle. The cast includes Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed, David Marshall Grant.

Released
1988-07-21
Original language
English
Runtime
105 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
TriStar Pictures, Vision PDG
Directors
Peter Markle
Writers
William C. Anderson, George Gordon

Bat★21 cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.3/10 from 230 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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TMDB member review

"BAT*21" is above all an exceptionally well made and very worthwhile film based upon a remarkable true story. The action sequences have been brought to the screen with the deliberate intention of not glamourising the necessary depiction of violence (to do otherwise would have been a lethal miscalculation). This film is also able to depict Hambleton's rescue as being a far from easy proposition and you constantly find…

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"BAT*21" is above all an exceptionally well made and very worthwhile film based upon a remarkable true story. The action sequences have been brought to the screen with the deliberate intention of not glamourising the necessary depiction of violence (to do otherwise would have been a lethal miscalculation). This film is also able to depict Hambleton's rescue as being a far from easy proposition and you constantly find yourself wondering if the mission will have a successful resolution at all, especially in light of the fact Hambleton is about to find himself caught in an area which is going to be blanket bombed by the Strategic Air Command.

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What is Bat★21 about?

Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.

Who stars in Bat★21?

Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed, David Marshall Grant, Clayton Rohner, Erich Anderson. See the cast cards above for character names.

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