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...bill will reduce federal revenues by $750 billion by fiscal 1986. Senator Edward Kennedy made a last-ditch fight against some of the $33 billion worth of giveaways to the oil industry but accomplished little more than to annoy colleagues anxious to begin the August recess. Democrat James Shannon of Massachusetts similarly tried to reopen debate on these provisions in the House and was resoundingly beaten back. His party, which for decades had dominated budget and revenue debate in the House, had to content itself with the consolation that the President would henceforth be held solely accountable for any economic...
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Most of the rest of the movie is spent in Paris, where much time is spent procuring mortars and sealing them inside oil drums. There is also occasion for a couple of interesting minor subplots which end in a pair of murders. All the arms stowed away, Shannon and company--a small international band of warriors-for-pay bound by shared danger, shared skill, and shared thirst for beer--set sail aboard a trawler for Zangaro. They land late at night, eliminate a sentry or two, and then storm a garrison in a violent display of pyrotechnics. Shortly afterwards, justice...
ALMOST ALL the acting is top-notch. No one tries for an Academy Award, and that's the way it should be in a film whose message is in the plot, not in individual subtleties. Paul Freeman, Jean-Francois Stevenin, and Tom Berenger play Shannon's mates. Each is tough, gutsy, and grittily charming. There are next to no actesses in the film; the one love scene takes about 45 seconds. Though he plays another stock character--the hard-drinking British journalist--Colin Blakely turns in an entertaining stiff-upper-lip performance, which is matched by Hugh Millais' portrayal...
...will go anywhere"). Dogs of War will appeal immensely to this crew. They will see exciting new weapons--the XM-18, a cross between a cannon and an eggbeater--and all the other high priced assault technology that they can now only gaze at in the magazines. Jamie Shannon, too, may seen their type of man, a tough bastard who can take pain and dish it out, who can deal with things...