THE HUMAN SHIELD (1991)

MORGAN'S RATING

During the Persian Gulf War, an American is kidnapped and held hostage by a crazed, Saddam Hussein-like Iraqi general. His brother, an ex-Marine now working for the CIA, goes on a death-defying mission to rescue him.

Michael Dudikoff (Doug Matthews), Tommy Hinkley (Ben Matthews), Hana Azoulay-Hasfari (Lila Haddilh), Steve Inwood (Ali Dallal), Uri Gavriel (Tanzi), Avi Keidar (Sager), Geula Levy (Nanny), Gil Dagon (Daud), Michael Shillo (Joe Albalo), Roberto Pollak (Bashir), Albert Illouz (Dallal's Driver), Irving Kaplan (Sid Cromwell), Nagd Tarabshi, Ethan Londner (Ben's Guards), Gilat Ankori (Laura Matthews), Matti Seri, Isaac Saadi (Taxi Drivers), Gilya Stern (Stewardess), Avi Cohen (Blackmarketeer), Boni Sue Marcus (U.S. Reporter), Jack Adalist (Reporter), Linda Harris (British Commentator), Shosha Goren (Kurdish Grandma), Igal Adika (Kurdish Host), Shmuel Matalon (Checkpoint Guard), Michael Eleazar (Iraqi Officer), Ofer Shikartsi (Passport Clerk), Megan Lawson (Laura's Baby), Eran Mengel (Physical Therapist), Gilad Ben-David (Dallal's Aide).

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: 1991 (USA) (VIDEO PREMIERE)

DIRECTOR: Ted Post (Good Guys Wear Black). WRITERS: Mike Werb and Mann Rubin. PRODUCERS: Elie Cohn and Christopher Pearce. DISTRIBUTOR: Cannon Films.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"It meets the basic requirements of the genre -- plenty of military hardware, explosions, exotic locales, fights and nasty bad guys ... but it doesn't exceed the genre's constraints the way some Dudikoff films have managed to do." -- Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review