A weapons expert is reluctantly sent on a mission to a middle-east warzone to locate a lost nuclear warhead and dismantle it before it falls into the wrong hands. But before he can complete his work, he is taken prisoner and thrust into the conflict, and finds himself looking out for more than just the warhead
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This film is so bad that I wouldn't be surprised that it contributed in some way to David Janssen's passing just a few years later at the age of 48. The production is as schlocky as those inferior 70s tv movies but with no redeeming quality other than Karin Dor's beauty, and it actually being filmed in Israel. Half way through I thought it would've been amusing if they'd made it into a Spies Like Us-esque comedy since they already had the stereotypical bumbling middle eastern characters and cornball script. I painfully watched it under the guise of Prisoner in the Middle, but no matter what they call it the film is a nuclear bomb.
Strange z-budget war/action movie consisting almost entirely of people driving around in a desert shooting at each other. It has that weird camera angle or two to spice it up.
Beware that this is very Pro-Israel and very Anti-Arab so for sensitive viewers give it a pass.
Warhead or Prisoner in the Middle or Mission Overkill or Sabra Command or How I Learned to Love the Bomb and Stop Worrying. If anyone ever decides for some reason to watch this they will also be rooting for the nuclear warhead.
There is a question if this peak Zionist cinema. You think it would be surefire with the contempt it has for Palestinians, fear-mongering over the threat of them acquiring nuclear weapons. Which is to say this plays into all the stereotypes of Arabs and terrorism. I am little convinced that this hates Israelis too though, really paints them as incompetent idiots who let their pride distort rational thinking. Considering that the narrative is about an American sent to recover…
A total mess of a film that opens with important story exposition delivered off-camera via subtitles and post-synced dialogue, WARHEAD shows every sign of a troubled production. Produced and written by MOD SQUAD creator Buddy Ruskin (who takes the “A Film By” credit), the film was partially bankrolled by TONIGHT SHOW laugher Ed McMahon, who became embroiled in pre-release legal battles with Ruskin.
Eventually, WARHEAD fell into the public domain, probably because everyone involved just wanted to wash their hands off the whole muddled affair. You may have seen it on late-night television or on one of those cheapo $2.99 VHS tapes at the grocery store under the title PRISONER IN THE MIDDLE. This film by any other name would…
This movie is shit enough that I can't tell you what happened and I just saw it last night.
The IMDb reviews pan this movie, I can almost see why.
The PLO guys look like something out of a C movie.
The weapon that takes out the bus is never explained.
The antics of the supposed commando team are comical, not helped by the fact that one of them is Capt Mauser from Police Academy.
Real mish mash of weapons as well
Not David Janssen's best work.
Watched the Youtube version which was a bit scratchy
"Mission Overkill"
Dümmlich charakterisierte und mäßig unterhaltsame Kriegsaction im Nahost-Konflikt. Lediglich Karin Dor sticht positiv hervor.
Seen as "Prisoner in the Middle," tipping the hand as to the message here, an attempt to entertain while commenting on U.S. policy in the Middle East. David Janssen's sideburns earn the respect of a team of Israeli soldiers -- how, I have no idea. One moment, they hate and distrust him, the next, it's like he's the most indispensable military strategist since Churchill.
