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- 1990
- R
- Cannon Film Distributors
- 1 h 31 m
- 1990
- R
- Cannon Film Distributors
- 1 h 31 m
Summary Cold War drama about two gung-ho border commanders (Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow) who carry out their own private war against each other on the German - Czechoslovakia border.
Directed By: John Frankenheimer
Written By: Stephen Peters, Kenneth Ross
- 1990
- R
- Cannon Film Distributors
- 1 h 31 m
- 1990
- R
- Cannon Film Distributors
- 1 h 31 m
The Fourth War
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Summary Cold War drama about two gung-ho border commanders (Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow) who carry out their own private war against each other on the German - Czechoslovakia border.
Directed By: John Frankenheimer
Written By: Stephen Peters, Kenneth Ross
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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47% Positive
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7 Reviews
33% Mixed
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5 Reviews
20% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
57
47% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
20% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
It's intelligently crafted, above average for this presumably dying genre, and if you can get past a couple of potential credibility problems, you'll find it absorbing. [23 Mar 1990, p.45]
Although the movie centers on well-made action scenes and contains a couple of tidy surprises, its strength comes from the portrait of this soldier on the edge.
Frankenheimer handles it tersely and professionally, and coaxes an exceptionally good performance out of Harry Dean Stanton as an American general.
The Fourth War doesn't make much sense, but it's powerfully acted and beautifully directed. [23 Mar 1990, p.F4]
Part philosophical dialogue, part macho thriller, John Frankenheimer's The Fourth War never really finds its identity as a movie. [23 Mar 1990, p.O]
Maybe there's a serious movie to be made about professional soldiers who can't thaw out now that the Cold War is melting. But The Fourth War plays like Laurel and Hardy's Tit For Tat in slow motion. [23 Mar 1990, p.24]
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