White Ghost (1988)

White Ghost: Directed by BJ Davis. With William Katt, Rosalind Chao, Martin Hewitt, Wayne Crawford. An M.I.A. US soldier nicknamed White Ghost lives in hiding in the jungles of communist Vietnam. The US army finds out about him and sends a black ops team to rescue him. However, the team is lead by a man who wants White Ghost dead.

“William Katt (channeling Stalloneu0026#39;s John Rambo) plays the title character, and his blonde permed mullet is a must see to believe. Sadly after the opening scenes of him going topless showing off his physique with his mullet in full flight, he doesnu0026#39;t keep the locks for much longer. Known as the white ghost by the Vietnamese, as he appears and disappears collecting the souls (their dog tags) of dead American soldiers. The American intelligence gets wind of it, and believe it could MIA soldier behind enemy lines for over 15 years and organises a rescue mission. Wayne Crawford shows up as the hired mercenary, and really chews up the scenery. However everything turns awry when we learn thereu0026#39;s history between Katt and Crawfordu0026#39;s characters. Reb Brown gets a minor role as the officer who organised the mission, but still manages to flexs his muscles, and becomes trigger happy in the filmu0026#39;s dying stages.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNo real surprises here; in the mould of u0026#39;First Blood Part 2u0026#39; u0026amp; the u0026#39;Missing in Actionu0026#39; films… this is a streamlined, gung-ho b-action joint done in a fast clip. Plenty of bloody carnage, and brutality as it doesnu0026#39;t shy away from its jungle booby traps, torture, massacres and explosions. I do find Katt an odd choice though, especially since they had Brown at their disposal. Maybe they loved his work in the horror-comedy u0026#39;Houseu0026#39;, where he did play a Vietnam Vet, or simply it was the hair? But anyway the more I think, it sort of believable In appearance because Kattu0026#39;s character been there for that long. Not being captured though is another story.”