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The Finest Hour

  • 1992
  • R
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
804
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Rob Lowe in The Finest Hour (1992)
Two soldiers form a lasting bond during training to be Navy Seals but soon grow apart as they are sent off to fight in Desert Storm.
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Two Sailors form a lasting bond during training to be Navy Seals but soon grow apart as they are sent off to fight in Desert Storm.Two Sailors form a lasting bond during training to be Navy Seals but soon grow apart as they are sent off to fight in Desert Storm.Two Sailors form a lasting bond during training to be Navy Seals but soon grow apart as they are sent off to fight in Desert Storm.

  • Director
    • Shimon Dotan
  • Writers
    • Shimon Dotan
    • Stuart Schoffman
  • Stars
    • Rob Lowe
    • Gale Hansen
    • Tracy Griffith
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    804
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Shimon Dotan
    • Writers
      • Shimon Dotan
      • Stuart Schoffman
    • Stars
      • Rob Lowe
      • Gale Hansen
      • Tracy Griffith
    • 15User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Rob Lowe
    Rob Lowe
    • Lawrence Hammer
    Gale Hansen
    Gale Hansen
    • Dean Mazzoli
    Tracy Griffith
    Tracy Griffith
    • Barbara
    Eb Lottimer
    Eb Lottimer
    • Bosco
    Baruch Dror
    • Greenspan
    Daniel Dieker
    • Albie
    Michael Cornelison
    Michael Cornelison
    • Carter
    • (as Michael Fountain)
    Evyatar Lazar
    • Moonjean
    Tae-Joon Lee
    • T.J.
    • (as Henry Taejoon Lee)
    Ari Sorko-Ram
    • Petersen
    Erik Degn
    • Thurston
    Natan Sgan-Cohen
    • Franklin
    Jonathan Herson
    • Dr. Cortese
    • (as Jon J. Herson)
    Uri Gavriel
    Uri Gavriel
    • Commander
    John Philips
    • Simmons
    • (as John Phillips)
    Jack Widerker
    • Taylor
    Gilya Stern
    Gilya Stern
    • Diane
    Ava Haddad
    Ava Haddad
    • Nurse Isabel
    • Director
      • Shimon Dotan
    • Writers
      • Shimon Dotan
      • Stuart Schoffman
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    evelyn33

    Good movie with lots of action and romance!

    Rob Lowe and Gale Hansen star in this action movie that touches on romance. Rob Lowe plays a fairly sleezy character while Gale Hansen manages to 'wow' us once again with his superb acting talent. Gale, from Dead Poets Society fame, finds himself in a rather unusual role playing a Navy SEAL.

    Both men do a good job with their given roles, but it has to be said that Mr Hansen pulls off his character with both charisma and sensitivity as he falls in love with his best friends wife.

    Top marks to his acting ability for this - i was totally mesmerised by his actions.

    Just sad to say though, that he isn't in many movies - i could watch the man for days without a break :OD

    Evelyn
    6PoppyTransfusion

    A must for Gale Hansen fans

    Gale Hansen features in this a lot in spite of being second billed on the credits. He is good with the role that is, unfortunately, limited in any interesting dialogue. In fact the whole film lacks creative flair, which is a pity because it is quite a good story line with some good actors. The overall production is clichéd and, at times, boring. Yet the two story lines, triangular love affair and strategic target of an Iraqi base with chemical weapons, had a lot of potential. The military one is handled better than the love affair which required a greater deftness of touch than the director or screen play allowed.

    There are lots of close-up shots of Gale (and Rob Lowe) and he plays the more rounded and sympathetic character though the camaraderie between his character - Mazzoli - and Rob's - Hammer - is good.

    My rating (6/10) is for Gale and the overall acting rather than the film itself.
    5rsoonsa

    FOR FLAG AND COUNTRY

    A blend of action/adventure with romantic drama is attempted in this work completed soon after the "Desert Storm" imbroglio in the Middle East, showcasing Rob Lowe and Gale Hansen as U. S. Navy Seals sharing a desire for underwater military operations as well as for a comely marine biologist played by Tracy Griffith. As the film opens, Lawrence Hammer (Lowe) and Dean Meszoly (Hansen) become best friends while training in California to be Seals, where they meet and compete for favours from Barbara (Griffith); after the course is successfully completed, a Las Vegas sojourn for R & R is discontinued by sudden nuptials for Hammer and Barbara, an event that Dean regards with despair, and so the companionship of the young commandos is no more. The impending U.S./Iraq conflict, as orchestrated via "Desert Shield", forms the background for the picture's largest segment, as the two Naval officers, now become mini-sub specialists upon opposite American coasts, are reunited as members of a task force to be deployed near an island in the Strait of Hormuz where an Iraqi naval site is reportedly being developed in order to utilize biological warfare. During what is nearly a suicide mission, Hammer receives severe wounds, and Meszoly requests that Barbara come to Dubai to visit her husband in hospital, hopefully expediting recuperation, but Hammer soon joins his fellow Seals in a last chance foray to destroy the biochemical weapons, no matter what risks the team must take. The disparate components - personal relationships and combat daring - do not mesh here, primarily from a lack of directoral clarity, in addition to blocking gaffes, as improbabilities quickly become cliche, although there are some suspenseful moments. The production was shot at and about San Diego and its environs, with acting honours going to Hansen who creates a layered role; actual doctored film segments made during Desert Storm seem positively instructional in comparison with this feature, that additionally casts mainly Israeli players in Arab parts.
    2fboldak9

    Oh, this is serious 😳

    I thought for sure this was a spoof of late 80s military movies. There fact that someone wrote this to be a serious drama really blew my mind. It reminded me of The Room with heavy weaponry.
    7rupak_speaking

    Way Under Rated

    It may not be a classic but it is certainly not crap as it is made out to be by IMDB rating. It is a pretty good, in a word, decent movie, with the US Navy Seals training, two rival-turned friends during training days, a love triangle involving them and their assignments during Iraq invasion of Kuwait. I found it a well-rounded enjoyable movie, with the opening soundtrack providing the ideal start to this kind of a story. Nothing got overboard, and the love triangle reminded me shades of Pearl Harbour. No qualms rating it 7/10 as against an unjustifiably low rating of 4.6 by IMDB.

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    • Trivia
      In his autobiography, Rob Lowe says he almost died in the performance of a stunt in this film. He was being dragged by a cord behind a speeding boat, and could not break free from the cord. He was pulled closer to the boat, and was in serious danger when one of the Navy SEALs are the crew dived in and rescued him.
    • Goofs
      The Iraqi flag had three stars in the middle white stripe during the period that the film is set in.
    • Connections
      Referenced in State of play, jeux de pouvoir: Episode #1.4 (2003)

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    • Release date
      • March 25, 1992 (South Korea)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • -Operation Ökensköld-
    • Filming locations
      • San Diego, California, USA
    • Production company
      • 21st Century Film Corporation
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 45m(105 min)
    • Color
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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