"Soldier of Fortune, Inc." (1997) Série TV 1997-1999

Créateur:

Dan Gordon

Saisons:

1 | 2

Date de sortie:

22 septembre 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Aventure

Intrigue:

In a world where there are no obvious "bad guys", where governments engage in secret wars and illegal...

Plot Keywords:

Sniper | Military | Clandestine | Mercenary | Assassin

Récompenses:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

Ensemble

Tim Abell	...	Benny Ray Riddle (Episodes, 1997-1999)
Mark Sheppard	...	Christopher 'C.J.' Yates (Episodes, 1997-1998)

Autre(s) titre(s):

S.O.F. Special Ops Force (USA) (second season title)
S.O.F., Inc.
SOF, Inc.

Durée:

60 min (37 episodes)

Pays:

USA | Canada

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Australia:M

Lieux de tournage:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Société:

Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Guillemet:

Margo: You know men are good at reading maps and dealing with the concept that an inch can represent a mile.

Connexions De Film:

Suite de Soldier of Fortune (1997) (TV)

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

Here's a good example of that tried-and-true rule. One person called the show an Intelligent A-Team, and, for the first season anyway, that was the best possible description you could get. Five HIGHLY trained and skilled mercenaries, four ex-SpecOps soldiers and the lady an ex CIA field agent/troubleshooter. Officially, they're guns-for-hire; independant SpecOps, bodyguards, and security consultants. Unofficially getting most of their money and jobs from a backdoor of the State Department, working missions where secrecy and official deniability is paramount. If they're caught, the US government doesn't even know they exist.

The first season was spectacular. The actors were all form-fitted for the roles and the action had Jerry Bruckheimer written all over it. If you wanted to see what real military special operations were like, this was as close as Hollywood can get. Then they screwed it up....

In order to spice the show up and add some color, the Powers-that-be dumped the very professional Mark Sheppard and Real Andrews and replaced them with conciderably less professional but more colorful Eigenberg as a mouthy ex-DEA agent and Dennis Rodman as an independant freelancer who occasionally works with the Team (Rodmans schedule prevented him from committing full-time to the show). Within two months the show went from an intelligent A-Team to an A-Team Wannabe. The quality of the show dropped rapidly and so did the number of watchers. It wasn't long until the show was finally cancelled altogether. As it was, Soldier Of Fortune was great. If they hadn't tried improving it, it could've lasted a good five years more.