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Set during the Vietnam War, the film is a dramatization based upon the frantic rescue of Colonel Hambleton, a U.S. signals intelligence expert shot down over enemy territory during the last days of the Vietnam War.
"Bat 21" is an exciting thriller about survival. And it also manages to say something about the victims of war, and how distance makes the difference to the soldier.
I was reminded of Hackman's comment in Night Moves that watching a Rohmer film was like watching paint dry - although in this case, it's more like watching blood coagulate.