The Dogs of War (film)

The Dogs of War is a 1980 war film based upon the 1974 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth, directed by John Irvin. It stars Christopher Walken and Tom Berenger as part of a small, international unit of mercenary soldiers privately hired to depose President Kimba of a fictional Republic of Zangaro, in Africa, so that a British tycoon can gain mining access to a huge platinum deposit. This movie was filmed on location in Belize City.

As the film opens, mercenaries Jamie Shannon, Drew, Derek, Michel, Terry and Richard are making a hasty exit from a wartorn Central American country by forcing their way onto a government civilian DC3 airplane. When a Central American officer demands Richards body be removed to make room for others, one of the mercenaries shows he is still able to safely grasp the spoon of a hand grenade and Drew insists his friend goes home. After Shannon returns home, he gets an offer from a British businessman named Endean who is interested in certain resources of a small African nation named Zangaro. Endean pays Shannon 15,000 to go on a reconnaissance mission in Zangaro which is run by a paranoid and brutal dictator named General Kimba.Shannon arrives in Zangaros capital of Clarence and meets a British documentary filmmaker named North who tells him Zangaros history and scouts out the defences of the military garrison. However, his activities arouse the suspicions of Zangaros police and he is arrested, severely beaten and thrown in jail. His multiple wounds are treated by Dr. Okoye, a physician who was formerly a moderate political leader and the only local politician of whom North approved but who was imprisoned by General Kimba four years ago. North agitates for his release and Shannon is deported after two days of torture. His physician tells him that all the damage he has sustained has taken years off his lifespan. ........

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