Eye of the Eagle (1987 film)

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Eye of the Eagle
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Directed by Cirio H. Santiago
Screenplay byJoseph Zucchero
Produced byCirio H. Santiago
StarringBrett Baxter
Cec Verrell
William Steis
Ed Crick
Robert Patrick
Release date
1987
Running time
82 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Philippines
LanguageEnglish

Eye of the Eagle (also known as The Lost Command [1] ) is a 1987 action-thriller film directed and produced by Cirio H. Santiago, written by Joseph Zucchero, and starring Brett Baxter, Cec Verrell, William Steis, Ed Crick and Robert Patrick. It was followed in 1989 by Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy .

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Plot

Sgt. Rick Stratton sets out to stop a band of renegades known as the Lost Command who are terrorizing South Vietnam.

Cast

Reception

Timothy Young of mondo-esoterica.net recommended it as "An action packed trashy war film that ticks almost all the necessary boxes" and called it "One for fans of low budget action and exploitation films." [2]

Criticonline.com's review reads, "If you like war action films, EYE OF THE EAGLE is a good way to spend 82 minutes." [3]

Eric Reifschneider of bloodbrothersfilms.com gave the film a negative review of 1/5, writing, "All aspects of this film are just downright poor, from its writing, to its editing, to its acting." [4]

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References

  1. "Eye of the Eagle (1987)" via www.filmaffinity.com.
  2. "Eye of the Eagle (1986) - DVD review at Mondo Esoterica".
  3. "The Films Of Cirio H. Santiago". www.critcononline.com.
  4. "Eye Of The Eagle (1986) - 1/5".