Dead Men Can't Dance (1997)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Stephen Milburn Anderson

Writers (WGA):

Paul Sinor (story)
Paul Sinor (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

18 April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

The Cold War just got hot. Time to Rock 'N' Roll"

Plot:

Elite army unit is assigned to destroy North Korea's lone nuclear facility.

Plot Keywords:

Sergeant | Independent Film

Cast

Michael Biehn	...	Robert Hart
Mark Edward Anderson	...	Wayne Northrup
Adrian Paul	...	Shooter
Kathleen York	...	Victoria Elliot
Greg Joung Paik	...	Maj. Kang
R. Lee Ermey	...	Sen. Pullman T. Fowler
Denis Forest	...	Dennis Larson
Grace Zabriskie	...	Brig. Gen. Burke
Janet Price	...	Orderly
Paul Perri	...	Maj. Shelby
John Carroll Lynch	...	Sgt. Plonder
Barbara Eve Harris	...	Sgt Rhodes
Jennifer Blanc	...	Sgt. Susie Warzenak
Shawnee Smith	...	Sgt. Addy Cooper
Wendy Gazelle	...	Sgt. Lorraine Towers

Also Known As:

DMZ (USA) (working title)
Rangers (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong combat violence, and for language.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Iceland:16 | Germany:18 | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Philippines

Company:

City Entertainment

Trivia:

While shooting a fight scene, Michael Biehn stepped on and broke one of Adrian Paul's toes.

Quotes:

Shooter: Dead men can't dance.

Movie Connections:

Features Dirty Dancing (1987)

Few redeeming qualities hurt by horrible production quality.

I caught this movie on television on a Saturday afternoon and the thing that caught my eye was the "artistic license" taken on military details. While I know that movies require a certain suspension of disbelief, I was aghast by the aggregious inaccuracies in this movie. The movie depicts a squad of female Army Rangers on a covert mission inside of North Korea. While there is no such thing as female Rangers in the US Army, I would be able to overlook that little detail if it were not for the fact that they looked absolutely silly in a hodge-podge of military acoutrements that they were forced to wear. The costume person on this one should be ashamed of themselves. How much time, effort, or money does it take to research the basics of military uniform? From the Ranger tabs sewn onto their black berets, to their camoflauge t-shirts. I honestly thought this movie was a comedy at first. I was shocked to see Michael Biehn and R. Lee Ermey in this. You would think that both would have insisted on a certain degree of accuracy.