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Information
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 97 min.
- Director
- Ferdinand Fairfax
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Adventure
- Rating *
- 5.3
- Votes *
- 814
- Checks
- 48
- Favs
- 0
- Dislikes
- 3
- Favs/checks
- 0.0% (0:48)
- Favs/dislikes
- 0:3
Top comments
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Siskoid
The Rescue is a teenage action movie in which kids living on a military base in South Korea infiltrate North Korea to break their Navy SEAL dads out of prison before they're executed. Ludicrous? Only if they make it too easy, which for the most part, they don't. The North Korean army seems a bit under staffed and foolish at times, but the kids earn their successes with clever ploys and by flying under the radar (who'd believe kids would undertake the mission the government refuses to send men on?). While violent in an 80s kind of way (shooting and chases), The Rescue is nonetheless a bloodless entertainment, well suited to a lazy Sunday afternoon in the family room. In the days before instant media access, when we had to watch whatever was on TV, a recommendation would make complete sense. Today, there's hundreds of better options for family viewing. 6 years 9 months ago