646f9e108c A group of soldiers find themselves trapped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. Their only hope for survival is to board a specially-designed bus. Bad. Avoid. Oh, I suppose I should be more specific. This isn't really a direct sequel to War Bus. The first one took place in Vietnam, this one takes place in Afghanistan. And if you've seen the first one, you know that this can't really be the same bus anyway. The two films share none of the same characters. First, I should explain that I love bad, silly, cheesy movies that make me laugh. That is why I sought this out. C'mon, it's got Mark Gregory! Thunder from Thunder Warrior I-III! Trash from 1990:Bronx Warriors & Escape from the Bronx! My hopes were set high, and I was completely disappointed. The first War Bus was a solid, albiet unrealistic, war flick. This one is boring. There's not a whole lot to laugh at and there are but a few fleeting glimpses of competence. So if you're looking for a good war film, rent the first War Bus instead. If you're looking for a good Mark Gregory film, THIS IS NOT IT. But hey, if you're reading this, you'll probably ignore me and just watch it anyway. I understand, I'd do the same thing. Lesser "sequel" to a good little Viet Nam war film. Here it's Afghanistan (the film bears the on screen title Afghanistan : The Last Warbus). The plot has a Green Beret going into to Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation on a request by his dying father, a general, to retrieve some papers that he had hidden in a bus sometime before. Along the way he rescues some American POWs and finds that things are nothe thought. Low budget, often low rent film that's not high on the realism level (an armored Soviet helicopter is easily brought down by a couple of shots of a sawed off shotgun.) nor is it really internal consistent (the wrecked bus with the papers that is later fixed up and used for escape changes from the sequences where its found in the rubble and when its useda means of escape). It's film that is at best okay in a time wasting sort of way. The problem is that there is too much talk and not enough of the action is truly engaging. You never really forget that this is a low rent movie. You just don't care. It's the sort of thing that just briefly passes before your eyes and then its done and you move onto the next thing with out ever looking back. You'd be better off looking for something more meaningful, say watching the original WarBus another time.
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