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Red Cell:True Story [VHS]

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I have been a Marcinko fan for a little over 2 years now and was not disappointed with this video. It is always great to see real warriors in action. I'll agree that this video was too short and did not show enough of Red Cell in action. I don't know if that is because of the availability of the real tapes or not but you still come away with a pretty good idea of what was happening with the security of these bases. The quality of the video could have been better in a perfect world but this is not COPS. This was sneaking and peaking. In the heat of battle it's a little harder to concentrate on the camera angle. You couldn't exactly yell "Cut" and reshoot a scene. You do get to see and hear Marcinko for a good part of the video. Also Steve Hartman (a.k.a. Stevie Wonder). It shows how much we need a team like Red Cell in the future. But let them do what they are trained to do.

An avid Marcinco fan, I was very disappointed with this video. Not only was it short, but there weren't enough op's to support the Red Cell's "real-life" missions. I just felt Dick Marcinco could have done a better job! :(

Whoever said that this movie did not tell much of the Red Cell story, wasn't concentrating. I would suggest really paying attention when you watch it again. It's there, if you understand something of the then-environment in which Red Cell was set up. It's there, one just has to concentrate and know one's environment.

When all is said and done one has to admit that if "they" had listened to Marcinko then maybe some true terrorist threats could have been averted. These guys did what they were supposed to do. Just like most jobs, do it too well and someone will come down on you. The film is short, but for a rental, worth the price. Tame by today's standards, but they only showed us what they "wanted" to show us. I think it stands on its own!

While the video did not show as much of the missions as I expected, It did show quite a bit. This, I believe was due to the fact that few people actually know where all the Red Cell tapes are. It's worth the money and full of information.

When this was released in '94, we were more concerned about courting dictators (oops, I meant proletarian internationalists) and delivering pizzas to the Turd World. I mean, weren't we overreacting to the "terrorist threat"? Perhaps it was just a misunderstanding between oriental and occidental cultures? Back then we lived in harmony with the rest of the world (i.e., France, Germany, and any other country with cradle to the grave socialism and legalized drugs). In '04, when the U.S. President responds to this "desperate cry from the oppressed", he is viewed as being more evil than the "freedom fighters" who decimated over 3,000 Americans in one day (before lunch even commenced). ISN'T DIVERSITY JUST WONDERFUL?