Review – Lost Command

Imagine The Green Berets only slightly less simple-minded and you’ve got some idea what’s in store for you here. After being held responsible for the defeat at Dien Bien Phu, a French colonel (Anthony Quinn) and his paratroopers are reassigned to quell civil unrest in Algeria. They end up pitted against a former Algerian comrade (George Segal, in an unlikely bit of casting). Though this comes across as an endorsement of brutal “counterterrorism” tactics, it at least has the decency to acknowledge that the anti-French forces are human beings with a legitimate beef against the occupation. Mildly amusing