Timothy Bodzioney
Reviewer
Warner Archives has released Jack Cardiff’s 1968 testosterone fueled Dark of the Sun on Blu Ray. It’s a weird, politically questionable ‘mission’ action/war movie about mercenaries on assignment to retrieve diamonds from a civil war-torn African country.
Dark of the Sun (1968)
Released: 03 Jul 1968
Rated: Approved
Runtime: 100 min
Director: Jack Cardiff
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Cast: Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Peter Carsten, Jim Brown
Writer(s): Ranald MacDougall (screenplay), Adrian Spies (screenplay), Wilbur Smith (novel)
Plot: A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
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