- HD 1080
- Runtime: 105m.
- Status: Released
- 1
- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Peter Markle
- Stars: Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed, David Marshall Grant, Clayton Rohner
- keywords: vietnam war, vietnam, based on novel or book
- Production_studio: TriStar Pictures, Vision PDG
- Slogan: Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.
- The Bat★21 is featured in the top rankings of 1988
- #25 in Top Action Movies of 1988
- #4 in Top War Movies of 1988
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.