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Megaforce
Sign in to saveMegaforce (or MegaForce) is a 1982 action film directed by former stuntman Hal Needham and written by James Whittaker, Albert S. Ruddy, Hal Needham, and André Morgan based on a story by Robert S. Kachler. The film starred Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck, Edward Mulhare, George Furth, Evan C. Kim, Ralph Wilcox, Robert Fuller, and Henry Silva. The film was poorly received by critics, bombed at the box office, and was nominated for three Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture.
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4.0MegaForce is an elite multi-national military unit that does the jobs that individual governments won't. When the peaceful Republic of Sardun in under threat from their more aggressive neighbor, the beautiful Major Zara and General Byrne-White see the help of Ace Hunter and MegaForce.
Cast
- Barry Bostwick as Ace Hunter
- Michael Beck as Dallas
- Persis Khambatta as Zara
- Edward Mulhare as Byrne-White
- Henry Silva as Guerera
- George Furth as Professor Eggstrum
Themes
- dictator
- soldier
- military unit
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Ratings
IMDb
3.7/10
4,580 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
6%
Metacritic
18/100
- Year
- 1982
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Action, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- MegaForce
- Film.image
- Megaforceposter.jpg
- Film.alt
- Illustrated movie poster with a man in a silver suit holding a gun and embracing a woman in a red dress, surrounded by an action-packed scene of futuristic vehicles, explosions, and aircraft
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Hal Needham
- Film.story
- Robert S. Kachler
- Film.cinematography
- Michael C. Butler
- Film.music
- Jerrold Immel
- Film.runtime
- 99 minutes
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $20 million
- Film.gross
- $5.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 988730
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- publication date
- 1982-06-25
- title
- Megaforce
- review score
- 6%
- capital cost
- 20000000
- box office
- 5675599
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10 sectionsContents
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- Awards and nominations
- Soundtrack
- Merchandising
- In popular culture
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Megaforce (or MegaForce) is a 1982 action film directed by former stuntman Hal Needham and written by James Whittaker, Albert S. Ruddy, Hal Needham, and André Morgan based on a story by Robert S. Kachler. The film starred Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck, Edward Mulhare, George Furth, Evan C. Kim, Ralph Wilcox, Robert Fuller, and Henry Silva. The film was poorly received by critics, bombed at the box office, and was nominated for three Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture.
==Plot== The story involves two fictional countries, the peaceful Republic of Sardun and their aggressive neighbor Gamibia. Unable to defend themselves from a Gamibian incursion, Sardun sends Major Zara Benbhutto and General Edward Byrne-White to ask the help of MegaForce – a secret army composed of international soldiers from throughout the western world, equipped with advanced weapons and vehicles. The MegaForce leader, Commander Ace Hunter, will lead a mission to destroy the Gamibian forces, which are led by his rival, and former military academy friend, Jorge "Duke" Guerera.