Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
Starring: Edward Albert
Charles Haid
Kevin Dillon
Marc Price
Ned Vaughn
Christina Harnos
Written by Jim and John Thomas (the same team who wrote 'Executive Decision')
By Touchstone Pictures
Rated: PG
Length: 97 minutes
Made in: 1988

The mission was to destroy a crippled submarine before it drifts into the hands of the North Koreans. The SEAL team sent to blow her out of the water is captured and ends up on the wrong side of the DMZ. Naturally, the brass prefer to grow old over the negotiation table instead of going through with a rescue mission.

When the offspring of the team find out (they've got the base wired) that the big-wigs are just sitting on their brass, they decide that the mission must go on! After securing the plans, they follow the route the navy would have taken if they hadn't let diplomacy get in their way.

Suspense and conflicts abound: They get swindled out of their boat, they find a stowaway, the South Korean underground has orders not to help them, a classic car dies (fans should close their eyes on this one), and the North Korean army shoots to kill.

Sure it's an old premise, but there's something about a youth risking everything to save what he never knew he held dear. With this, the director's cajoling emotion from these actors, whether it's watching their fathers' circumstances or fighting with each other, is lightly stirred, not shaken.

Kevin Dillion, no rookie to the screen, plays J.J., the rebel with a cause and leads the rag-tag group with his street smarts. Ned Vaughn plays the preppy navy-brat. Marc Price is most excellent as the gum-chomping side-kick, who provides expert, comic relief. Christina Harnos plays the female of the pack and whose karate comes in handy.

Edward Albert and Charles Haid play two of the fathers. They intend to stay in the background, but with talent flashing the screen like a sunspots, who's not gonna notice?

RESCUE means well, even though it could never happen. But that's entertainment, and that's RESCUE, all decked out with a happy ending and everything. So feel free to watch and enjoy with the family.

A couple of treats you should be on the look-out for: Kim Song, the leader of the South Korean underground, is cool. AND, especially watch for when J.J.'s father first sees that it's his son coming to rescue him. That frame should go down as a MOVIE MOMENT.