THE WILD GEESE is a legendary film for Britons of a certain age . Richard Burton and an overacting Richard Harris lead a bunch of mercenaries in to the African veldt killing lots of bad guys . It maybe doesn't have the high brow pretensions of something like ZULU but as a tough action adventure movie it makes you proud to be British . One can understand why film producers would want to do a sequel and certainly an audience would queue at a cinema to see noble clichéd good Africans being saved from cruel commie bad black Africans . The problem with this sequel is ...1 ) It doesn't feature any characters or actors from the original film 2 ) It doesn't feature any battle scenes set in the African continent 3 )Even as a film in its own right it fails to stand on its own legs The plot featuring a plan to abduct Rudolph Hess from Spandau Prison is ludicrous and despite the low brow nature of the original when it came to geo-politics at least there was an element of credibility to the proceedings even if it was to just set up the story . Here in the sequel the storyline tries to deceive the audience that it's thriller of great complexity involving twists and turns , double crosses and triple crosses involving nations states , double agents , criminal gangs and terrorist organizations . After a short while you'll be confused as to what it all means but the good news is that you'll have stopped caring at this point . And on the topic of geo-politics this is a British film which means the American anti-hero hates the IRA for some reason which is not something you could say about the average American in the early 1980s. In fact if it was an entirely American production the IRA would be the good guys So in summary this is a film that cheats the audience in to thinking they're watching a film that's a sequel to a well regarded action adventure . It's not bad per se but it is rather uninvolving and most of the entertainment value comes from watching actors talk in very stupid accents

Great film. This film is very different to the first oneand is also very enjoyable. It has a lot of very good action and an interesting story as well as being shot on location in pre 1989 Berlin. I like the music too. There are some clichés but it has lots of thrills and will teach you something about German history.I live In Berlin myself but moved here after the wall came down so this film gives you some idea what it was like to live here when the city was divided. Berlin is a fascinating city and has a lot to offer. This film does more than just tell a story- it gives you some insight into the 80s in Berlin.

'The Wild Geese' ( 1978 ), by no means a classic, was Oscar winning stuff compared to this stinker. Edward Fox plays the brother of the Richard Burton character; the dialogue at the start tries to imply that Eddie was out there alongside Richard in the African veldt. Oh no he wasn't! Based on Daniel Carney's 'The Square Circle', this is rubbish as adventure, lacking in action, being a compendium of the worst spy movie clichés of all time. At one point, someone even says: "We ask the questions!". Roger Moore had the good sense to turn it down, instead we get Scott Glenn looking as though he's stepped off the set of 'Westworld', and Barbara Carrera as the token crumpet. The plot concerns a publicity seeking U.S. news network hiring mercenaries to free Rudolf Hess from Spandau prison. Whilst it was possible to root for the original Wild Geese as they rescued a democratically-elected Prime Minister, its impossible to care if Glenn, Fox and Carrera spring Hess. Luckily for us, Euan Lloyd retired not long afterwards.

'Wild Geese 2' Is a contractually obliged sequel to the original mercenary classic, Richard Burton Was due to reprise his role, but sadly Richard Burton, succumbed to a fatal brain hemorrhage, This time around Edward Fox, Fills in as the younger Brother of Faulkner, who is approached by news reporter magnates, who want Faulkner to free the infamous war criminal, Rudolf Hess,(who is incarcerated in the equally infamous Spandau prison, in Berlin,Laurence Olivier,) plays the aging Nazi.Faulkner Decline's the perilous operation,but Recommend's another mercenary for the impossible feat, John Hadad, Played By the ever moody Scott Glenn,who literally sleeps through this performance, Naturally Glenn Cant pull off this mission, so Fox Agrees, 'Wild Geese 2', is watchable but don't be expecting sheer brilliance,