Domino Principle/March or Die (DVD, 2006)

Gene Hackman stars as a French Legionaire Colonel fighting in Algeria in the
early part of the century. Given a group of recruits to man his fort and
accomplish his mission, Hackman is assigned to protect a group of explorers
who are digging for ancient treasures and relics. Problem is the local Tribes
has been banded together by a Moslem leader to prevent the digging in their
lands and to throw the French out of the country. A great movie, highlighted
by a bloody battle at the end.

MARCH OR DIE is a neglected military film masterpiece. The final battle sequence, reminiscent of ZULU, is worth the price of the DVD alone. A great performance by Gene Hackman as a self-punishing war-weary commander of a French Legion garrison sent to protect French Archeologists plundering desert tombs. The subtext of amatory manipulation has a desperate existential quality wholly consistent with the bleak desert setting. Only the Legion endures. Eerily topical and worth repeated viewings.

I was in the movie. loved it i did learn that i would not want to be a movie star. most of the "stars" was eather stuck-up or drunk. but there was a couple minutes missed from the movie on the screen. I have purched two other DVD/VHS and the one here was a bit dunker than the on in the VHS. i decoded to buy it so i could send a couple DVD's to my brothers and sisters had not able to watch it. i will get at least 5 more DVD's.