Eye of the Eagle | |
Director: | Cirio H. Santiago |
Screenplay: | Joseph Zucchero |
Producer: | Cirio H. Santiago |
Starring: | Brett Baxter Cec Verrell William Steis Ed Crick Robert Patrick |
Runtime: | 82 minutes |
Country: | United States Philippines |
Language: | English |
Eye of the Eagle (also known as The Lost Command[1]) is a 1987 action-thriller film directed and produced by Cirio H. Santiago, written by Joseph Zucchero, and starring Brett Baxter, Cec Verrell, William Steis, Ed Crick and Robert Patrick. It was followed in 1989 by .
Sgt. Rick Stratton sets out to stop a band of renegades known as the Lost Command who are terrorizing South Vietnam.
Timothy Young of mondo-esoterica.net recommended it as "An action packed trashy war film that ticks almost all the necessary boxes" and called it "One for fans of low budget action and exploitation films."[2]
Criticonline.com's review reads, "If you like war action films, EYE OF THE EAGLE is a good way to spend 82 minutes."[3]
Eric Reifschneider of bloodbrothersfilms.com gave the film a negative review of 1/5, writing, "All aspects of this film are just downright poor, from its writing, to its editing, to its acting."[4]