Operation Dumbo Drop

7/28/19951h 47m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A top-secret mission of gigantic proportions! ~

Overview:

Five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime -- to secretly transport an 8,000-pound elephant through 200 miles of rough jungle terrain. High jinks prevail when Capt. Sam Cahill promises the Montagnard villagers of Dak Nhe that he'll replace their prized elephant in time for an important ritual. But for Capt. T.C. Doyle, the mission becomes a jumbo-sized headache!

Director:

Simon Wincer

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

rescue
vietnam
elephant
politics
village
based on true story
animal welfare

Cast

Danny Glover

~ as ~

Capt. Sam Cahill

Ray Liotta

~ as ~

Capt. T.C. Doyle

Denis Leary

~ as ~

Lt. David Poole

Doug E. Doug

~ as ~

Sp4 Harvey (H.A.) Ashford

Corin Nemec

~ as ~

Sp5 Lawrence Farley

Dinh Thien Le

~ as ~

Linh

Tchéky Karyo

~ as ~

Goddard

Hoang Ly

~ as ~

Colonel Nguyen

Vo Trung Anh

~ as ~

Lt. Quang, NVA

Marshall Bell

~ as ~

Colonel Pederson

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 4 year(s) ago
6
I don't think it's anything absolutely bad, but 'Operation Dumbo Drop' is pretty lacklustre and a bit slow to sit through.

I do like the cast. Danny Glover (Cahill) and Ray Liotta (Doyle) are solid together, while Denis Leary (Poole) and Doug E. Doug (Ashford) may not give anything memorable but both are alright; as is Dinh Thien Le (Linh). Also interesting to see Raymond Cruz appear, in his early years pre-Tuco.

It seems the trio of Glover, Liotta and Leary really don't rate this, given the latter's comments in later years about it; though it sounds like that's more to do with the filming process, rather than the end product.

I more than likely wont be revisiting this any time soon, but I don't hate it or anything.