Taglines: It takes a killer to stop the killing.
McBain movie storyline. Santos attempts to lead a people’s revolt in Colombia to overthrow the oppressive El Presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina goes to New York to find McBain, a lieutenant Santos rescued during the Vietnam War. McBain agrees to avenge Santos’ death, calls up his old war buddies, raises the necessary funds by killing a few drug dealers and threatening the mafia, then leads an attack to topple the corrupt government.
McBain is a 1991 action film written and directed by James Glickenhaus. It is about an ex-soldier who reunites his old army buddies in order to get revenge on a Colombian dictator who killed his old friend, a freedom fighter. McBain starred Christopher Walken, Michael Ironside and María Conchita Alonso. Luis Guzmán also appears as a drug dealer named “Papo”. The film was not very successful, taking in less than $500,000 at the United States box office.
McBain (1991)
Directed by: James Glickenhaus
Starring: Christopher Walken, María Conchita Alonso, Michael Ironside, Steve James, Jay Patterson, T. G. Waites, Victor Argo, Hechter Ubarry, Russell Dennis Baker, Chick Vennera
Screenplay by: James Glickenhaus
Production Design by: Charles C. Bennett
Cinematography by: Robert M. Baldwin
Film Editing by: Jeffrey Wolf
Costume Design by: Margaret Shan Jensen
Makeup Department: Sharon Ilson
Music by: Christopher Franke
MPAA Rating: R for strong war violence, and for language and drug use,
Distributed by: Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment
Release Date: September 20, 1991
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