Duration: | 107 min |
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Genres: | Western |
Where this army leads, action fans – especially Spaghetti Western fans – will want to follow.
Set during the Mexican Revolution, The Five Man Army is a niftily executed tale of mercenaries who, on behalf of rebel forces, take on a mission to rob a trainload of gold.
Make that a suicide mission, because this train is heavily armored; armed with troops, cannon and machine guns, and traveling a route guarded by more soldiers.
Peter Graves, then known for his role as mastermind Jim Phelps in TV's Mission: Impossible, faces another odds-defying task as the Dutchman, leader of a handpicked commando squad consisting of a strongman, an explosives expert, a circus acrobat and a Samurai swordsman.
Famed composer Ennio Morricone's throbbing score amplifies the action of this ready-to-be-rediscovered film.