Review – Cuba

Though the concept had potential, the execution leaves a great deal to be desired. A British mercenary (Sean Connery) is hired by the Cuban government to help fight rebels in the waning days of 1958, when it was of course far too late to do anything about them. So he fights rebels. He gets tangled up in politics. He gets tangled up with an old flame (Brooke Adams) who’s married to a factory owner (Chris Sarandon). As I said, this could have worked. The problem is director Richard Lester. This guy had a couple of Beatles movies under his belt when he took the helm for this project, and unfortunately he brings the same brand of quirky humor to epic action movies that he employed when making pictures about pop stars. In Lester’s defense, many action movies are far too deadly serious and would benefit greatly from at least a small dose of humor. So it would have been nice if this had worked. Too bad it didn’t. I could have done without the unnecessary cockfighting sequence as well. See if desperate