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Wild Geese II
Wild Geese II is a 1985 British action-thriller film directed by Peter Hunt, based on the 1982 novel The Square Circle by Daniel Carney, in which a group of mercenaries are hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin. The film is a sequel to the 1978 film The Wild Geese, which was also produced by Euan Lloyd and adapted from a novel by Carney. Richard Burton, who starred in the first film as Colonel Allen Faulkner, was planning to reprise his role, but died days before filming began. The sequel has Faulkner's brother (played by Edward Fox) as one of the mercenaries. No characters from the original are featured in the sequel.
Veteran mercenary Allen Faulkner trains and then leads a group of 50 hired soldiers in an attempt to rescue deposed President Julius Limbani. After initially being successful, the mission begins to fall apart; double-crossed and caught in the open, Faulkner's men are strafed and napalmed by an enemy plane. With what few men remain, Faulkner looks to escape the country in an old Dakota aeroplane. With only his best friend Rafer Janders left to board the plane, Janders is shot in the leg and cannot catch the taxiing plane. As the hordes of ferocious Simbas are virtually upon him, Janders calls for Faulkner to kill him, which he regretfully does.
As the only surviving Nazi leader in captivity, Rudolf Hess has secrets that could destroy the careers of prominent political figures, secrets an international news network will pay any price to get.
As Alex Faulkner arrives for a meeting, Robert McCann is arguing with Michael Lukas about the delay of a planned rescue of Rudolf Hess.
Faulkner is escorted into the office; there, he meets network executives Michael and Kathy Lukas, who ask him to free Hess - a request that he refuses. He does recommend John Haddad as a substitute. As this is happening, former Lebanese-American soldier turned mercenary Haddad avoids Palestinian hitmen in London. Later, Kathy and Michael hire Haddad to free Hess and get him safely out of West Berlin.
When Haddad arrives in West Berlin, he stakes out the outside of Spandau Prison as a jogger while being spied on. He drafts plans of the outside of the prison, including guard towers and entrances. The next day, Haddad joins a construction team and sneaks away to get into the prison-guard entrance. Carefully eluding the guards by studying their timed patrols, he drafts floor plans of the hallways and cell blocks.
When he leaves the prison with the construction crew, Haddad is abducted by Karl Stroebling, who is a Nazi, but works for the Soviet Union. Stroebling and his thugs smother Haddad with a plastic bag over his head to torture him into disclosing details about his mission. Haddad escapes by overpowering the thugs, and rolls across the street, barely missing being run over by an oncoming truck as the police arrive and witness the incident.
While recovering in hospital, Haddad is visited by British Colonel Reed-Henry. Reed-Henry questions Haddad, but to no avail; he leaves Haddad, but suspects he is there to rescue Hess. Haddad leaves the hospital, and with Kathy, goes to Bavaria to plan the mission without interference from Stroebling.
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Wild Geese II
Wild Geese II is a 1985 British action-thriller film directed by Peter Hunt, based on the 1982 novel The Square Circle by Daniel Carney, in which a group of mercenaries are hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin. The film is a sequel to the 1978 film The Wild Geese, which was also produced by Euan Lloyd and adapted from a novel by Carney. Richard Burton, who starred in the first film as Colonel Allen Faulkner, was planning to reprise his role, but died days before filming began. The sequel has Faulkner's brother (played by Edward Fox) as one of the mercenaries. No characters from the original are featured in the sequel.
Veteran mercenary Allen Faulkner trains and then leads a group of 50 hired soldiers in an attempt to rescue deposed President Julius Limbani. After initially being successful, the mission begins to fall apart; double-crossed and caught in the open, Faulkner's men are strafed and napalmed by an enemy plane. With what few men remain, Faulkner looks to escape the country in an old Dakota aeroplane. With only his best friend Rafer Janders left to board the plane, Janders is shot in the leg and cannot catch the taxiing plane. As the hordes of ferocious Simbas are virtually upon him, Janders calls for Faulkner to kill him, which he regretfully does.
As the only surviving Nazi leader in captivity, Rudolf Hess has secrets that could destroy the careers of prominent political figures, secrets an international news network will pay any price to get.
As Alex Faulkner arrives for a meeting, Robert McCann is arguing with Michael Lukas about the delay of a planned rescue of Rudolf Hess.
Faulkner is escorted into the office; there, he meets network executives Michael and Kathy Lukas, who ask him to free Hess - a request that he refuses. He does recommend John Haddad as a substitute. As this is happening, former Lebanese-American soldier turned mercenary Haddad avoids Palestinian hitmen in London. Later, Kathy and Michael hire Haddad to free Hess and get him safely out of West Berlin.
When Haddad arrives in West Berlin, he stakes out the outside of Spandau Prison as a jogger while being spied on. He drafts plans of the outside of the prison, including guard towers and entrances. The next day, Haddad joins a construction team and sneaks away to get into the prison-guard entrance. Carefully eluding the guards by studying their timed patrols, he drafts floor plans of the hallways and cell blocks.
When he leaves the prison with the construction crew, Haddad is abducted by Karl Stroebling, who is a Nazi, but works for the Soviet Union. Stroebling and his thugs smother Haddad with a plastic bag over his head to torture him into disclosing details about his mission. Haddad escapes by overpowering the thugs, and rolls across the street, barely missing being run over by an oncoming truck as the police arrive and witness the incident.
While recovering in hospital, Haddad is visited by British Colonel Reed-Henry. Reed-Henry questions Haddad, but to no avail; he leaves Haddad, but suspects he is there to rescue Hess. Haddad leaves the hospital, and with Kathy, goes to Bavaria to plan the mission without interference from Stroebling.