rescue mission – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

The Abyss (1989) | James Cameron

July 31, 2020July 30, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

Virgil ‘Bud’ Brigman (Ed Harris) is the lead foreman of Deepcore, an underwater oil drilling rig 2,000-feet deep. Deepcore receives word of a downed US Navy nuclear submarine in the area near the Cayman Trough. As Russian subs are close by, foul play is suspected. The crew must escort Bud’s soon-to-be ex-wife Lindsay (Mary Elizabeth […]

Rambo III (1988) | Peter MacDonald

October 5, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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This time it’s a bit more personal for John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone), as his former Vietnam commander and friend, Colonel Trautman (Richard Crenna), has been captured by Russian forces as he tries to rally the Afghan rebels who have been winning the resistance. The Afghani people are too suspicious of the American to willingly join […]

The Delta Force (1986)

September 14, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Cannon Films and Golan-Globus productions push out this ultra-patriotic film in the middle of the 1980s whereby American elite commandos kick major butt when trying to secure the freedom of a plane full of hostages hijacked by a group of Lebanese terrorists. Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin head the super-soldiers to action on the hope […]

Aliens (1986) | James Cameron

August 24, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Aliens starts where the first one leaves off, with Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in hypersleep drifting in the escape shuttle. What Ripley doesn’t know until after she is rescued is that she has been that way for 57 years. When she gets back, the company that owned her ship is very interested in why she decided […]