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John Mctiernan
Samuel L. Jackson
Dena Johnston
John Travolta
Cristián De La Fuente
Timothy S Wester
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Tom Hardy, an ex-Army Ranger turned DEA agent, is drawn into an ever-widening mystery surrounding the disappearance of the feared and often hated Sgt. Nathan West, as well as several of his elite Special Forces trainees on what appears, at first, to have been a routine training exercise during a hurricane in the jungles of Panama. Only two survivors are found, Dunbar, and a badly wounded Kendall, the son of a high-profile Joint Chiefs of Staff official. Neither is willing to cooperate with Capt. Julia Osborne's investigation. So base commander Col. Bill Styles calls in ex-Ranger Hardy, an old friend and a persuasive interrogator. Osborne disapproves of Hardy who is on leave from the D.E.A. after having come under suspicion of accepting bribes from local drug traffickers. She is also uneasy when she learns that Hardy once trained under West and hates him almost as passionately as his current recruits. With time running out, Hardy and Osborne call a temporary, if uneasy, truce. Hardy cajoles a confession out of Dunbar, who claims that Sgt. West and the missing Rangers have been murdered and their bodies blown away by the hurricane. When they later interview Kendall, he confirms that the other Rangers and West are dead. But, in almost every other way, his story contradicts Dunbar's. What happened to West and his Ranger team? And what were they really doing out there in the jungle? As each layer reveals more lies and greater deceptions, Hardy and Osborne inch towards the horrible truth about the fate of the missing Rangers.
Director
John Mctiernan
Cast
Samuel L. Jackson
Dena Johnston
John Travolta
Cristián De La Fuente
Timothy S Wester
Tait Rupert
Georgia Hausserman
Curtis Ricks
Giovanni Ribisi
Margaret Travolta
Cliff Fleming
Roselyn Sanchez
Dash Mihok
Harry Connick
Steve Maye
Connie Nielsen
Jonathan Rau
Brian Van Holt
Nick Loren
Tim Daly
Taye Diggs
Charles L Fails
Crew
Terra Abroms
Hank Amos
Eric Amundsen
Allan Apone
Maricarmen Arauz
James Ashwell
Klaus Badelt
Kevin Ball
Daniel W. Barringer
Sylvia Barth Barron
Peter Beckett
Peter Beckett
Peter Beckett
Bruce Bisbey
Jeremy Bloch
Moritz Borman
Karen Bosma
Ben Bradford
Dennis Bradford
Nick Brandon
Conrad V Brink
Christopher S Brooks
Michelle Buhler
Rick Camara
David E Campbell
Rick Canelli
Michael Casper
Michael Chock
Rex Christensen
Allison Clark
Harry Cohen
Bruno Coon
Bruno Coon
Wally Crowder
John Cucci
Jimmy Cullen
Patrick Curd
Patrick Cusack
Clay Dale
Peter Damien
Henry Dando
Gary Charles Davis
Raisa De Alba
Andrew Decristofaro
Marc Deschaine
Robert Dickerson
Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi
Joe Dorn
Anson Downes
Norman Dulaney
Marylou Eales
Kiante Elam
David Esparza
Peter Evangelatos
Charles L Fails
John Fails
Tom Fallon
Linda R Favila
Adam Fischer
Bradley Fischer
Ken Fisher
Mo Flam
Patrick Flanagan
George Folsey
Alicen Fonseca
Douglas Fox
Tarn Fox
Mauri Freed
Suzy Freeman
Rebecca Garrison
Gary Gennerich
Linda Gennerich
Andy Given
Micky Gonzalez
Jason Gray
Nate Haggard
Vera Hall
Mitch Harbeson
Kate Harrington
Barbara Harris
Richard K Harris
Thirl Haston
James D Hattin
Mischa Hausserman
Mo Henry
Mary Hess
Heather Heuberger
Ian Honeywell
Denise Horta
Eileen Horta
Basil Iwanyk
Askia Won-ling Jacob
Nils Johnson
Mark Johnston
Darcy M Jones
Boryan Jovanovich
Mike Justus
Bonnie L. Kanner
Paul D Kelly
John G Kirby
Brenda Kolb
Marc Kolbe
Nicholas Vincent Korda
Gary Kosko
Jonathan D Krane
Stephen Krause
Terry Ladin
Daniel Leahy
Katrina Leigh
Robert Lennon
Clay Liversidge
Alan Lomax
Jonah Loop
George Macri
Michelle Mader
Steve Mason
Steve Mason
Jim Mcconkey
Pat Mccorkle
Herman S Mceachin
Raymond Mcintyre Jr.
Mike Medavoy
Arnold Messer
Jill Meyers
Lisa Miller
Vera Mills
Karen S Monday
Justin Moritt
Daniel J. Mortenson
David B. Moulder
Craig A Mumma
Tony Nagy
Chris Navarro
Douglas Neithercut
Lee Nelson
Tom Nelson
Eddie Nichols
Peggy Nicholson
Nancy Kyong Nugent
Dan O'connell
Thomas J. O'connell
Kory O'donnell
Gene Page
Debbie Palmer
George Patsos
William Patsos
Michael Payne
Jordan Perry
Louis Phillips
Ilene Pickus
Douglas Plasse
Stephanie Polo
Oak Porcelli
Guy Ramsden
Robert Raring
Scott Rathner
Maurice Joseph Ravel
John T Reitz
Alton J Ricketson
Steven T. Ritzi
Stephen P Robinson
Jason Rody
Daniel Rosenblum
Robert Rossello
Gregg Rudloff
Holly Sachi
Miguel A Sanchez
Julia Starr Sanford
Jeffrey Schlatter
Ann Scibelli
Dennis R. Scott
Mark Scovil
Kim Secrist
Nick Shuster
Joel Sill
Nigel Sinclair
Bob Smith
Doug Snively
Daniel Solomon
Dror Soref
Robert L Stevenson
Susan Such
Becky Sullivan
John Sullivan
Michael Tadross
Michael F. Tadross
Todd Rogers Terry
Leonard Thomas
Eric Thompson
Yolanda Toussieng
John Travolta
Gary F Tuers
Devin Uzan
Dirk Vahle
Julian Valdes
James Vanderbilt
James Vanderbilt
Terry Vanderweir
Robert Vazquez
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Released in United States Spring March 28, 2003
Released in United States on Video July 8, 2003
Benicio Del Toro was previously attached to star.
Lee Tamahori was previously attached to direct.
Released in United States Spring March 28, 2003
Released in United States on Video July 8, 2003
