Actor David Soul passed away at 80. Soul had a couple of notable turns in the fantastic movie genre. Soul had the lead in one of my favorite, depressing movies, “World War III” (1982). The only bleaker end to a movie can probably be found in “The Thing” (1982). Hmmm. Both released in 1982. Obviously, a very good year! I think I posted about “WW3”, years past. Look it up and catch the flick.
The clip included below is from the TV mini-series of Stephen King’s “‘Salem’s Lot” (1979). Soul gives a credible performance as a writer who stumbles upon a cursed house and some of the very unpleasant characters which inhabit it. Soul soon finds himself swapping his profession from scribe to vampire killer. Probably not a preferred career choice. Pretty harrowing final scene in this one, too.
So long, David.
Although this TV movie was released in 1982, it seems like history rolls around again and the Cold War is a timely topic again. War and aggression in the World. Some things never change.
A strategic United States “listening post” located near the Bering Strait becomes compromised by Russian agents masquerading as U.S. soldiers and suddenly a gateway opens up to an invading force to get onto American soil. Hostilities have been brewing between both countries as a result of a grain embargo that would have otherwise fed starving Russian masses and then some KGB machinations take place which result in assassination and, Voila! A standoff occurs between the two countries’ forces at an oil pipeline station. Only the fate of both nations and maybe the rest of the world hangs in the balance.
Nice turn by David Soul who is best known for his beefcake turn as one of the cops in “Starsky and Hutch”. He is tasked with the impossible role of being the commander of a tattered force of soldiers who are outnumbered by an invading horde. There are the echoes of the American Revolution where guerilla warfare must be resorted to in order to cripple a superior force trying to kill you. Not to be forgotten for his thespian skills is The Rock. Hudson, that is, as the guilt ridden POTUS, appalled at the thought of World War 3 and the ensuing exchange of nuclear arsenals that is inevitable. As you can well imagine, things don’t end well.
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