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The Commander is an 1988 "macaroni war" film directed by Anthony M. Dawson and starring Lewis Collins. Unlike the previous films in the Margheriti/Collins trilogy, The Commander features a complicated plot that stretches the film from Berlin to Italy to Thailand and to the 'Golden Triangle'.

Plot
In the 'Golden Triangle' a helicopter lands at a remote fortress built out of the jungle (reportedly built on the remains of Col. Kurtz's fortress in Apocalypse Now), a representative of several drug dealers cartels has arrived to negotiate a new contract with 'The General' and his deputy Colonel Dong (Protacio Dee). Only for the representative to find out Dong has killed 'The General' with the help of mercenary Corporal Stone (Mike Monty) and has now declared himself 'General'. Dong demands an increase in the price of the opium, an increase the representative can't authorise himself, so Dong kills him to send a message to the cartels. In Italy an mercenary-turned-arms dealer Mazzarini (van Cleef) meets with two members of the drug cartels, in return for a share of the profits Mazzarini will provide a mercenary unit to deal with Dong. Mercenary soldier Major Jack Colby while returning with his team of mercenaries from a successfull rescue mission is contacted by their former mercenary leader, Colonel Mazzarini, who it is now revealed to have left the group under a cloud. In Berlin, West Germany the head of the DEA, Henry Carlson (Pleasence), is informed of the situation and desides to put an undercover agent into Colby's group. The only problem with that is the only man he has available who can pass as a mercenary is also an alcoholic - Dark Mason. Mason had served as a mercenary with Colby before joining the DEA and so would have been accepted by Colby, but fellow DEA commander Frank Williams (Christian Bruckner) offers his man Hiccock (Lehmann), who after minor cosmetic surgery could pass for Mason.

Cast

 * Lewis Collins as Major Jack Colby
 * Lee van Cleef as Colonel Mazzarini
 * Donald Pleasence as Henry Carlson
 * Manfred Lehmann as Mason/Hiccock
 * Thomas Danneberg as "Crazy Bo" Gustafsson
 * Bobby Rhodes as "Kongo" Klaus
 * Chat Silayan as Ling