The Commander (1988)
Woeful action vehicle for Lewis Collins on the back of his Who Dares Wins gig. After a reasonable opening the film goes to sleep for an hour with endless chat, especially from co-stars Lee Van Cleef and Donald Pleasence, both seemingly on show to give the film a bit of gravitas.
The final half hour kicks into gear a little but Antonio Marghereti directs proceedings so clumsily, with editing to match. There are two examples when someone bursts into a room all guns blazing, seemingly taking out all the incumbents, then showing them reaching for a gun and being shot a second time in the following frames.
A few big explosions during the finale attempt to hoodwink the viewer into thinking they'd just watched an action classic, but in reality The Commander is a stodgy waste of time from the word go.
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