Volunteers

Volunteers

1986 · 88 min · ★ 4.4 · War, Comedy, Drama

In this amusing antiwar comedy, seven inept and reluctant soldiers land on a desert island to carry on with the fighting. Just after their parachutes have collapsed behind them on the beach, helicopters approach and land nearby. Out pops a bevy of beautiful women sent to entertain the troops, which they do, and then they leave. From that point onward, there are a series of misadventures

Directed by Predrag Golubović · Written by Predrag Golubović

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