The opening is brutal and I can't imagine how much harder to watch was 40 years ago when people were less desensitized to graphic violence. The right wing politics of this movie makes Rambo look like hippie stuff. It starts to drag by the second hour but it's still fun.

Gunship has used clips from this movie, so I put it on my list many years ago. What better day to watch it than on a July 4th. Elements of an early/mid-80s movie, but strongly banging on the drums of the gold old USA. Fine acting. Jumps pretty immediately into the action. First 45 minutes goes pretty fast with some nice lulls and character building. Ending is a little rushed. Searched online, but doesn't look like there's a good source for all the [spoiler]Spanish and Russian[/spoiler] that's spoken; at least via Amazon Prime the subtitles just state the language. Context provides a little, but not much. Probably also the first time I've seen this young of a Patrick Swayze; looks very much like Kurt Russell ...

Not perfect but way better than the unnecessary remake.