An embittered Vietnam veteran (Tommy Lee Jones) feels that he has been denied "respect" and that his fellow vets have been abandoned by the Government. After the death of a vet friend he decides to take over Central Park in New York for 72 hours as some sort of terroristic social protest. Although the plot is more than a touch preposterous it is delivered with plenty of charismatic acting gusto by Jones and with plenty of directorial drive by Steven Hilliard Stern. There's social commentary and politics mixed into the storyline, but this never distracts from the action and the breakneck narrative. Tangerine Dream provide a nice mid-80s electronic score that work very nicely with the onscreen lunacy. ( )