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Carrasco (Lewis Collins) is one of the leaders of his country's
revolution (don't ask which country), as he and his men want to overthrow
president Ramirez ... and they want to go about this by running through
the jungle blowing up lots of stuff. But Carrasco also tries to look after
the locals, which is why and especially his girlfriend Maria (Cristina
Donadio) become quite friendly with padre Julio (Manfred Lehmann), who in
turn sympathizes more and more with the revolutionaries. Actually,
Ramirez's army seems to be quite powerless against Carrasco and his men,
but there is also the militia of Silveira (Klaus Kinski), and Silveira is
a whole other matter altogether, a ruthless and treacherous cutthroat who
doesn't mind killing the innocent if it serves his purpose. Eventually,
Silveira gets his hands on one of Carrasco's men, Smithy (John Steiner),
and instead of torturing or killing him (which he usually does), Silveira
lets him escape and even sees to it that he gets some information about
the president arriving in an airplane ... to good an opportunity for the
rebels to miss, as all it would need now was blowing up this one airplane
to change the country's course. It's only when Carrasco and Smithy are
already preparing for blowing up the plane that they notice there's
something wrong, and they are not aiming at the president's plane at all
but a passenger plane - when the plane is already shot down ... by one of
Silveira's men, but still the whole thing is blamed on Carrasco so he
loses support with the populace. From now on, all doors are closed to
the revolutionaries, only padre Juan is here to help out, so much so that
he actually helps in blowing up the army's oil refinery. Later, the
president flees the country, and the army hooks up with the
revolutionaries ... only Silveira and his militia are still fighting, now
attacking busses full of innocents, including padre Julio. In the finale
though, the militia is defeated once and for all, and Silveira, after
having run out of bullets, is left at the mercy of the locals ... and is
torn apart before Carrasco can stop his countrymen from becoming as
ruthless and brutal as those he has fought ... Padre Julio is meanwhile
allowed to die a hero's death. Competently made warfilm with
some pretty ipressive scenes of destruction and Klaus Kinski at his evil
best. Of course, this all doesn't make Commando Leopard a
necessarily good film: It has quite a few shortcomings, like its very
basic and not always thought-through script and its uneven cast, but if
you are looking for a movie that contains plenty of action and explosions,
you might as well watch this one, as at least on this level, it does not
disappoint.
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