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The Hanoi Hilton (1987)

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Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of American servicemen who are prisoners at the detention camp. He assumes command after Cathcart (Lawrence Pressman) is dragged off to be tortured. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

R, 2 hr. 6 min.

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Nov 11, 2008

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The film's prisoners of war are so familiar and stereotypical as characters that this Vietnam movie feels like a genre item.

July 12, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment
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Too poorly written and acted for such important subject matter.

October 14, 2011

Total gung ho cardboard nonsense. The acting sucked as hard as the writing. I have no sympathy for the communists in real life but in this movie I was hoping they would go full gangster on these wooden soldiers and shoot them all in one long burst. Especially that feeble minded crackpot Moriarty, who plays his flyer

October 1, 2011

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