Bat*21
1988 · Movie · R · 105 min · ★ 6.3 · 70% critics
A weapons countermeasures expert is shot down over enemy territory and the Air Force races to bring him back, even as rescue resources are limited. With help from an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, he maps an escape route and navigates the dangers while the enemy closes in.
Also known as bat 21 · BAT21 · BAT-21 · BAT Two One
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Details
- Original title
- Bat★21
- Years
- 1988
- Release date
- 1988-07-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (216 votes)
About
You’ll like Bat*21 if you enjoy tense survival stories grounded in a true-mission framework, especially when help comes through radio coordination, and you value human stakes over politics; Not for you if you want strict historical accuracy or nonstop action like 12 Strong.
Pros: tight survival tension; strong lead performances; grounded rescue stakes | Cons: some historical disputes; uneven pacing; violence can feel harsh
Themes
- vietnam war
- vietnam
- based on novel or book
Cast & crew
Gene Hackman
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Danny Glover
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
Jerry Reed
as Col. George Walker
David Marshall Grant
as Ross Carver
Clayton Rohner
as Sgt. Harley Rumbaugh
Erich Anderson
as Major Jake Scott
- JD
Joe Dorsey
as Col. Douglass
Michael Ng
as Vietnamese Man (as Rev. Michael Ng)
- TW
Theodore Chan Woei-Shyong
as Boy on Bridge
Don Ruffin
as Helicopter Crew
Directed by Peter Markle