Film1978134 min

The Wild Geese

Name: The Wild Geese
Genre: Action, War
Released: 1978
Duration: 134 min
Cast: Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Krüger, Stewart Granger

Taste attributes: actionwaradventuredramafastrealisticsimplelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeA wide-ranging, grounded war film: uncomplicated and pacy. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.9 /10

TMDB · 170 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Balanced, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Balanced, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined

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Synopsis

A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.

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