Navy Seals (1990)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Lewis Teague

Writers (WGA):

Chuck Pfarrer (written by) and
Gary Goldman (written by)

Release Date:

20 July 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

America's top secret weapon.

Plot:

While rescuing an American air crew captured by Mid-Eastern terrorists, Lieutenant Curran and his team...

Plot Keywords:

Navy Seal | Rescue | Shotgun | Stinger Missles | US Navy

Cast

Charlie Sheen	...	Lt. Dale Hawkins
Michael Biehn	...	Lt. James Curran
Joanne Whalley	...	Claire Varrens (as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer)
Rick Rossovich	...	Leary
Cyril O'Reilly	...	Rexer
Bill Paxton	...	Dane
Dennis Haysbert	...	Graham
Paul Sanchez	...	Ramos
Nicholas Kadi	...	Ben Shaheed
Ronald G. Joseph	...	Capt. Dunne (as Ron Joseph)
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Jolena
Gregory McKinney	...	U.S. Helicopter Pilot (as Greg McKinney)
Rob Moran	...	U.S. Helicopter Co-Pilot
Richard Venture	...	Admiral Colker
Mark Carlton	...	Jim Elmore

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Arabic

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:18 | Ireland:15 | Norway:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Algeciras, Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Orion Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Screenwriter Angelo Pizzo wrote an early draft of the screenplay.

Goofs:

Factual errors: As the Seals escape through Beirut in a hijacked car, Leary carries a Stinger missile but doesn't use it until he has figured out how it works.The Seals regularly train with all types of US weapons and any Seal would be very familiar with the Stinger and it's method of use.

Quotes:

Curran: [to Dane over the radio] God, I've got company up here...
Terrorist: You're American?
Curran: God, come in God...
Terrorist: Your God does not help you now!
[Dane gets a shot off, killing the Terrorist just before he dies]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Clerks. (1994)

Soundtrack:

The Dragon

Screw the critics, pop the top on a brewski, kick back and enjoy.

"Navy SEALS" is a fun escapist Hollywood testosterone rush packed with action and built around a thin story about a SEALS team which goes after some Stinger missels which have fallen into the hands of mid-East terrorists. The film features some great stunts, lots of pyrotechnics, and firefights galore as it shows SEALS in a variety of combat missions including high altitude and undersea insertion platforms. A critically panned flick but a great watch for military action junkies.