Cuba (1979)
Plot In A Paragraph: Robert Dapes (Connery) a British mercenary (with surprisingly high principles given his job) arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista's army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances Alexandra Pulido (Brooke Adams), a former lover now married to a plantation owner.
In his last movie of the 1970's Sean Connery reunited with director Richard Lester who once again produces an uneven movie. It's almost as if he changed his mind mid filming about what type of movie he was trying to make. Connery (who looks great in his tan suit and fedora) who has saved worse movies than this, dominates every scene he is in, but seriously has his work cut out here. It's all just so bland and uninteresting, and it's dialogue would be rejected by the bosses of day time soap opera writers.
It's worth noting Connery's future Indiana Jones co-str Denholm Elliot Jack Weston and Hector Elizondo all pop up in supporting roles. Other than that, there is nothing worth seeing in the cliché ridden snooze fest.
A few years ago, I paid a silly price for the DVD on import, as I had never seen it( and it was missing from my collection. I wish I'd saved my money, as you can buy it considerably cheaper these days.
Connery ended the 70's with a whimper rather than a bang, as Cuba bombed at the box office. Things would not really improve for him for quite a while, as for director Lester however, he went on to take over from Richard Donner and completed the filming on Superman 2.
Plot In A Paragraph: Robert Dapes (Connery) a British mercenary (with surprisingly high principles given his job) arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista's army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances Alexandra Pulido (Brooke Adams), a former lover now married to a plantation owner.
In his last movie of the 1970's Sean Connery reunited with director Richard Lester who once again produces an uneven movie. It's almost as if he changed his mind mid filming about what type of movie he was trying to make. Connery (who looks great in his tan suit and fedora) who has saved worse movies than this, dominates every scene he is in, but seriously has his work cut out here. It's all just so bland and uninteresting, and it's dialogue would be rejected by the bosses of day time soap opera writers.
It's worth noting Connery's future Indiana Jones co-str Denholm Elliot Jack Weston and Hector Elizondo all pop up in supporting roles. Other than that, there is nothing worth seeing in the cliché ridden snooze fest.
A few years ago, I paid a silly price for the DVD on import, as I had never seen it( and it was missing from my collection. I wish I'd saved my money, as you can buy it considerably cheaper these days.
Connery ended the 70's with a whimper rather than a bang, as Cuba bombed at the box office. Things would not really improve for him for quite a while, as for director Lester however, he went on to take over from Richard Donner and completed the filming on Superman 2.