The Dogs of War
United Artists Corporation | Release Date: February 13, 1981 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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The New York TimesVincent Canby
It demonstrates the kind of intelligence and thought one doesn't often find in a movie aimed at the action-adventure crowd. This is evident as much in what the film doesn't do and say as in what is actually seen on the screen. Read full review
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The New YorkerPauline Kael
A crisp, tough-minded action film about an international group of mercenaries who stage a coup in a small, decaying West African country run by an Idi Amin-Papa Doc-style despot. The casting of Christopher Walken as Shannon, the leader of the group, gives the film the fuse it needs.
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