The Rescue

The Rescue (1988)

An elite U.S. Special Forces team is imprisoned behind enemy lines. The Pentagon calls them expendable. Five young heroes call them Dad. Now they'll risk everything to bring them home.

A team of Navy Seals are sent to destroy a disabled submarine so it will not fall into the "wrong" hands. They complete their mission, but are captured before they can return to their base. The U.S. Government will not mount a rescue mission to free the soldiers, so their teenage children take over. The kids find a way to venture into the foreign country and then must overcome many obstacles.

Date of release
1988-08-05
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (34)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Director
Ferdinand Fairfax

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: New Zealand

The Rescue is a 1988 American adventure film about a group of teenagers and a pre-teen who infiltrate a North Korean prison to rescue their Navy SEAL fathers. It was written by Michael J. Henderson, Jim Thomas, and John Thomas, produced by Laura Ziskin, and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax. The film stars Kevin Dillon, Ned Vaughn, Marc Price, Charles Haid, Christine Harnos, Ian Giatti, and James Cromwell.

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