Against All Flags - BLU-RAY

From the great Andrew Davis, director of The Fugitive, Under Siege and Code of Silence, comes a brilliant, explosively entertaining action/thriller featuring powerful performances by screen legends Gene Hackman (Mississippi Burning, Narrow Margin) and Tommy Lee Jones (Black Moon Rising, Blown Away). Featuring a superb supporting cast that includes Joanna Cassidy (Blade Runner), Dennis Franz (Dressed to Kill), Pam Grier (Foxy Brown) and John Heard (Cutter's Way), The Package delivers top-notch excitement! Sergeant Johnny Gallagher (Hackman) thinks he's been given a routine assignment to escort a rebellious American soldier (Jones) from Europe to the U.S. for a military court martial. Gallagher soon learns, however, that the assignment is anything but routine, when he uncovers a terrifying military conspiracy. The clock is ticking down to a historic superpower summit, and Gallagher must stop the deadly plot before it's too late for him and his country.

Hollywood legends Errol Flynn and Maureen O'Hara team for a swashbuckling adventure in Against All Flags. Onboard a 1700s merchant ship, determined British naval officer Lieutenant Brian Hawke (Flynn) bravely endures twenty lashes with the intent of using the wounds to help him go undercover on the pirate island of Libertania. Once there, however, Hawke is brought before the colony's head pirates, the Captains of the Coast, and forced t

One of the final films to come from the first film noir cycle, Robert Wise's crime thriller/race drama follows nightclub singer Johnny Ingram (Harry Belafonte), bigoted ex-con Earle Slater (Robert Ryan) and corrupt former cop Dave Burke (Ed Begley) as they try to rob an upstate New York bank, only to have the caper fall apart due to bad luck and Slater's hatred of Ingram. With Gloria Grahame, Shelley Winters; look quickly for Wayne Rogers and Cicely Tyson. 96 min. Standard; Soundtrack English.