The Finest Hour
by Shimon Dotan
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Actor: Baruch Dror, Eb Lottimer, Gale Hansen, Rob Lowe, Tracy GriffithDirector: Shimon Dotan
Cinematographer: Avraham Karpick
Writer: Shimon Dotan
Editor: Bob Ducsay
Producer: Ami Artzi
Producer: Menahem Golan
Producer: Zvi Spielmann
Writer: Stuart Schoffman
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 105 minutes
Release Date: 1994-08-31
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Movie Review: FOR FLAG AND COUNTRY
Summary: 3 Stars
A blend of action/adventure with romantic drama is attempted in this work completed soon after the "Desert Storm" imbroglio in the Middle East, showcasing Rob Lowe and Gale Hansen as U. S. Navy Seals sharing a desire for underwater military operations as well as for a comely marine biologist played by Tracy Griffith. As the film opens, Lawrence Hammer (Lowe) and Dean Meszoly (Hansen) become best friends while training in California to be Seals, where they meet and compete for favours from Barbara (Griffith); after the course is successfully completed, a Las Vegas sojourn for R & R is discontinued by sudden nuptials for Hammer and Barbara, an event that Dean regards with despair, and so the companionship of the young commandos is no more. The impending U.S./Iraq conflict, as orchestrated via "Desert Shield", forms the background for the picture's largest segment, as the two Naval officers, now become mini-sub specialists upon opposite American coasts, are reunited as members of a task force to be deployed near an island in the Strait of Hormuz where an Iraqi naval site is reportedly being developed in order to utilize biological warfare. During what is nearly a suicide mission, Hammer receives severe wounds, and Meszoly requests that Barbara come to Dubai to visit her husband in hospital, hopefully expediting recuperation, but Hammer soon joins his fellow Seals in a last chance foray to destroy the biochemical weapons, no matter what risks the team must take. The disparate components - personal relationships and combat daring - do not mesh here, primarily from a lack of directoral clarity, in addition to blocking gaffes, as improbabilities quickly become cliche, although there are some suspenseful moments. The production was shot at and about San Diego and its environs, with acting honours going to Hansen who creates a layered role; actual doctored film segments made during Desert Storm seem positively instructional in comparison with this feature, that additionally casts mainly Israeli players in Arab parts.
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