Wild geese 2
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Wild geese 2 |
| Original title | Wild Geese II |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1985 |
| length | 114 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Peter R. Hunt |
| script | Reginald Rose |
| production |
Chris Chrisafis , Euan Lloyd |
| music | Roy Budd |
| camera | Michael Reed |
| cut | Keith Palmer |
| occupation | |
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Wild geese 2 (alternative title: Wild geese II - They fly again ; original title: Wild Geese II ) is a British adventure film directed by Peter R. Hunt from 1985 .
action
John Haddad is commissioned by a television station to free Rudolf Hess from the Spandau war crimes prison. The station is hoping for increased audience ratings because of the interviews with Hess.
Haddad works with a group of mercenaries that includes sniper Alex Faulkner. Faulkner also takes care of Haddad's personal safety. He shoots from an ambush two killer pursuing Haddad.
Haddad is supported by the British Colonel Reed-Henry, who says the British want to "get rid of" Hess from the British sector of Berlin. It is later revealed that Reed-Henry is secretly a Soviet agent. A plan is being worked out according to which Hess should be released during the transfer to a hospital. The mercenaries of Haddad are supposed to pretend to be British military police .
The head of a criminal organization is also interested in Hess. He has Haddad's girlfriend kidnapped, who is to be exchanged for Hess.
Hess is released. A short time later, Haddad's group frees the kidnapped woman, and her brother dies. However, Hess does not want to give interviews, but rather return to prison - "the only house he has known for decades". Haddad fulfills this wish. Reed-Henry is shot by the Russians.
Reviews
Jack Sommersby wrote on efilmcritic.com that the film was a "disastrously stupid" sequel to the "spectacular" original.
background
The film was shot in West Berlin . The screenplay was written by Reginald Rose based on the novel The Square Circle by Daniel Carney . Neither the plot nor the characters have anything in common with the film The Wild Geese Come , also based on a novel by Carney. Originally Richard Burton was supposed to play the main role of Alan Faulkner again in the second part . However, Burton died shortly before the start of filming, so the role was temporarily changed to Edward Fox as Alan Faulkner's brother Alex.
Shooting was carried out in Berlin-Charlottenburg , among other places . For recruitment at the then NAAFI shopping center of the British Armed Forces , the Summit House on Theodor-Heuss-Platz , inquiries for extras were directed to the 248 German Security Unit , a German service organization of the Royal Military Police , which was responsible for protecting the property . The unit members were not allowed to participate in the filming, presumably because of the core content of the film.
See also
Web links
- Wild Geese 2 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wild geese 2 at Rotten Tomatoes (English)