Action

Warbus

- The Only Escape From Death Was A Ride Through Hell!

The plot concerns a small group of people who are forced to flee from their base (which happens to be a Mission) in an old school bus when the VC launch a vicious assault upon it. Along the way they are joined by a group of three battle hardened American Special Forces soldiers and together they desperately fight to make it to safety.

Release Date : 1986-01-01

Language :EnglishItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Regal Films Company Ltd.Amerinda Est

Production Country : ItalyPhilippinesUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : War Bus

Cast

Character Name : Sgt. Dixie

Original Name : Daniel Stephen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anne (as Gwendolyn Cook)

Original Name : Gwendolyn Hung

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ben

Original Name : Urs Althaus

Gender : Male

Character Name : Major Kutran

Original Name : Ernie Zarate

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gus (as Rom Kristoff)

Original Name : Romano Kristoff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ronny (as Don Gordon)

Original Name : Don Gordon Bell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Debrard (as Steve Eliot)

Original Name : Benito Stefanelli

Gender : Male

Reviews

Reb_Brown

@Reb_Brown

2021-06-23

Shockingly credible Italian / Filipino action movie from relatively early in the cycle, WARBUS will inevitably suffer from comparison to the jokey film it draws the most inspiration from, STRIPES. Comedy is not an easy genre to export so the Italians responded with two totally straight-faced films involving soldiers armoring up a bus to go on the warpath. Of the two, WAR BUS COMMANDO has slightly more notoriety for starring 1990: THE BRONX WARRIORS lead Mark Gregory in his final role. It is, however, utter garbage and being an Afghanistan-oriented actioner filmed in Italy, is essentially the same movie as DAYS OF HELL with an even lower budget and even less enthusiasm behind the camera. Well don't let all that fool you. WARBUS is in no way connected to the Mark Gregory vehicle and is markedly superior in every way. Daniel Stephen, Rom Kristoff, and Urs Althaus make for a dynamic ensemble action force and exhibit some good chemistry with each other as they lay waste to communist forces. Surprisingly the film has a decent script and boasts several well-done action sequences with an extremely high body count and numerous big and beautiful slow-motion explosions. The most memorable scene has to do with some "dead" American soldiers boobie-trapped with explosives. How our heroes deal with this trap is something of a head-scratcher but notable for providing us with more solid entertainment.