"The Dogs of War" (1980) - End Scene

'The Dogs of War' is a 1980 war film based upon the novel The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth, directed by John Irvin. It stars Christopher Walken and Tom Berenger as part of a small, international unit of mercenary soldiers privately hired to depose President Kimba of a fictional "Republic of Zangaro", in Africa, so that a British tycoon can gain mining access to a huge platinum deposit. This movie was filmed on location in Belize. The Dogs of War title is a phrase from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar (1599), which uses the line "Cry, 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war" (line 270, scene 1, Act III).

[@gmshadowtraders]

Thanks to all for helping the video reach 100k views! So good to know that true movie-appreciating people are still out there.

[@maciejniedzielski7496]

Épique film 🎥

[@nicholasmuro1742]

Who doesn't like a movie with Al Bundy in it? Lol

[@schizoidboy]

I love that line spoken by the Doctor, who earlier was a political prisoner: "Colonel Bobi, you are under arrest." That's justice knocking on the door.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

One thing here - Walken's character *_TOLD_* them that if they were 15 minutes late - he was going to give the country to that guy. I just don't think it even occurred to the people hiring him - that he meant it. Seems he did. The other thing about this - is that Walken's character was dying of cancer. So - he pretty much didn't care about his future career as a mercenary. This is a very good book and goes into a great amount of detail as to the exact methods used to buy the weapons they had. It's very, very good. .

[@jester-j8073]

Spot on

[@garethoneill5676]

Yeah. At the end of the book he walks off into the jungle with a bottle of whisky and a pistol.

[@marka87]

The book is much better than the film; it’s hard to include all the background detail in a film.

[@RomeoWhiskey692]

Yes ... the book was quite an eye-opener to a teenage boy ... when I read it . Loved it then ... love it now .

[@paulthibeault1886]

"When I go, I’ll go my way. I’d prefer to go with a bullet in my chest, and blood in my mouth, and a gun in my hands; with defiance in my heart and shouting “Sod the Lot of you!”, than to flicker out in a damp basement with a mouth full of cardboard."

[@lowellcalavera6045]

Walken is such a great actor. You can feel his pain when he gets in the jeep and he's almost overwhelmed by all of it. Just amazing.

[@pmcmanus420]

And that, kids, shows us the importance of always being on time.

[@michaelnash1067]

😂🤣😂🤣 Short and sweet Absolutely like what you said.

[@sergioleone4215]

Nice.

[@Spookieham]

A very underrated films. The original book is even better.

[@floridafansteve5364]

It Was rumoured that the book was based on an actual mercenary plan which was why the planning in the book is so detailed and the firefight such a small part of the book

[@stephensmith4480]

@@floridafansteve5364 It has that Peter McAleese air about it.

[@JAmediaUK]

@@floridafansteve5364 The reality is all about planning and the firefights are a very small part of it. Fredrick Forsyth moved in the same circles as UK intelligence and military as a journalist. It was always rumoured he had more of a connection than he said he had. I doubt anyone will know until after he dies. However the operation, or rather ones very similar, happened in Africa every now and again. It could have been generic or one that was planned or even based on one that actually happened. Difficult to tell in less it turns up in his notes after he dies.

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

​@@floridafansteve5364Libya. Something to do with Quadaffi. Will research and get back to you. Senator. My interest is in the end credits theme. The same melody is in Band of Brothers. Breaking Point. A choir is singing it in French, or Latin? Anyway, I can't imagine the production team choosing a song about mercenaries for their project. So, is the Dogs of War version alternate lyrics, or is this more HollyWoke irony? If so, what are original lyrics? Would really appreciate any help from those who can.

[@johnsowa999]

Can't tell you how many times.i read the book

[@Untouchable1932]

Helluva movie! "You're gonna have to buy it all over again."

[@ericbeaulieu4843]

One of my favorite mercenary movies .Christopher Walken is really incredible in this .

[@yan24to]

"I'm the President" "You're nobody" Bang.

[@alphabogeyman7462]

In real life,who pays the mercenaries if you shoot the man? There will be chaos.

[@LordZontar]

A very powerful, and underrated, war movie and personal drama. I think this is my most favourite Christopher Walken film.

[@gmshadowtraders]

I always like to think that Christopher Walken went straight from Deer Hunter, made in 1979, to this movie, made in 1980. It's almost as if it's the same character, a soldier too far gone in the abyss of war and trying to find a way out.

[@caseysimpson1806]

Well said.

[@maciejniedzielski7496]

Good point 👍

[@stevenalvarado-doc7334]

the pinnacle of his career is his turn as "the Continental" on SNL.

[@lucasdavis1964]

Yep, Walken can be a pretty serious actor when people give him the chance.

[@silvanajal4684]

👍

[@darkartsdarkarts5956]

Method acting walken does it very well

[@joecoupon8299]

Serious? I don't think Walken has cracked a joke in his entire life.

[@Ve-suvius]

@@joecoupon8299 😂

[@danieltadros3262]

Christopher Walken once said in an interview that it was the first movie where he made serious money. Parts of the movie were shot in Belize.

[@wigglewiggle3789]

I love this movie. Christopher Walken at his best. He always has portrayed a great bad ass.

[@colderbeer]

Epic film....you can't say you're a Walken fan if you haven't seen this movie....

[@silvanajal4684]

cierto.. 👍

[@amsterdamcowboy9738]

Yup. And, yup.

[@Pbirv]

Ed O'Neil was also in it, albeit briefly.

[@bobforpples]

I’m a Walken fan and I haven’t seen this movie.

[@slaughterhouse5585]

bobforpples Check it out! Good movie. The novel it is based on is good too, but gets a little tedious in places when the author gets into details how the whole military operation is arranged. Still, an enjoyable read.

[@desertmaverick7567]

I loved this film the first time I watched it as a kid. I own it and watch it at least once a year. There is no fucking around with type of guy Walken played in this film. There is absolutely no room for error.

[@bigtony4829]

Dogs of war / The wild Geese and Seawolves three movies you never get bored of watching

[@michaelmayo]

Agreed. This is one of Walken's best performances, and hardly anyone knows the movie.

[@patwiggins6969]

This movie was my first exposure to Christopher Walken. Been hooked ever since

[@lordoffishtown4455]

Did you know he trained as a dancer?

[@christianlink7287]

If only it was that easy to get rid of corrupt politicians!!🤣🤡🤑

[@G58]

It’s actually easier.

[@ElmoUnk1953]

Looks like a successful recall. 😉😁

[@sm70911]

Don't worry Trump will be in Prison soon

[@G58]

sm70911 Sadly not. He played his role perfectly

[@timmycrw91]

@@sm70911 The fuck he will, traitor.

[@mikem134]

Buy far one of Christopher Walken's best films

[@richardweston7595]

This was the movie that made me a Christopher Walken fan.

[@caesarvalentin7155]

The Wild Geese and Dark of the Sun. 2 great mercenary movies

[@LandersWorkshop]

They weren't mercs in Dark of the Sun were they?

[@stevemccann4166]

@@LandersWorkshop Thought they were SEALS. Sorry getting mixed up with Tears of the Sun with Bruce Willis. Seem to remember now that there was a 1968 film starring Rod Taylor and set in the Congo called ‘The Mercenaries’ and in some countries ‘The Dark of the Sun’ too. Based on a Wilbur Smith novel. Great music as well!!

[@LandersWorkshop]

@@stevemccann4166 Yeah.

[@daviddistefano7520]

Very NICE old school Military Land Rover in that last end scene...

[@yolandaforster6461]

probably a cast off from the British Army which had a large base in Belize at the time.

[@jeffbecker8716]

One of those movies where, if you hadn't have read the book, you don't really understand the ending. He did it for the children, but that's all left out here.

[@alohathaxted]

Good book.

[@whiteshark369]

I thought he did it to get back at his boss. For the murder of the reporter.

[@briancatron1483]

Well now you're gonna have to buy it all over again!

[@garethoneill5676]

In the book Okoye says 'I CAN spell platinum' as an allusion to a previous scene where the British tycoon is on a telephone call and mocks Bobi by claiming that he probably couldn't even spell platinum.

[@ThePierre58]

Great movie based on a great book, Frederick Forsyth.

[@mecklenburggovan7311]

Walken is a legend

[@untergleetongouten-globin150]

This is still one of my favorite roamantic comedies.

[@aerohard]

@0:41 "YOUR LATE!' . When I saw this back in the 80's I knew shit was gonna get heavy after that outburst. Much love for Ed O'Neill's answer to how long it will take to repair a car.

[@LiftingwithGrandpaCharlie]

I saw this movie 40 yrs ago ? Great movie. Book too !

[@d.chiasson3307]

"You're late!!!.. " Poor Drew. Somebody want a pizza?

[@johnplabst16]

Saw the movie at a theater in San Clemente CA when I was at Marine Infantry School. I still remember the line. Takimba, kick his ass. I think of it every once in a while for some reason.

[@d.chiasson3307]

Semper fi Marine.

[@weirdshibainu]

Ending is different than the excellent novel. Walken was perfect in this role. Fun fact- Ed O'Neill of Married with Children had a cameo in this film, playing an non funny angry guy. Different role than what he's known for

[@Dragonfly6160]

"You're Late!"

[@jagadishkumar4989]

I am great fan of Frederick Forsyth. I enjoyed the novel.

[@KRN762]

"Everybody goes with me, goes home"

[@EddieBlueHalen]

All of the film adaptations of Frederick Forsyth novels are excellent. Robert Ludlum and John Le Carré for the trifecta.

[@johndonwood4305]

This film is a great companion to another of Walken's mercenary films, McBain.

[@Tracer_Krieg]

The Dogs of War versus The Wild Geese. It's time for a DEATHBATTTTLLLLEEEE!!!!

[@mkfloyd9131]

Both great viewing but I just prefer and I say just as it is a hairs breathe for me to give Richard Burton the nod...

[@bigunone]

@@Clipgatherer Wild Geese hands down

[@crush42mash6]

Both great

[@warringtonfaust1088]

@@crush42mash6 The Wild Geese were actually involved in the Mau Mau rebellion, so 20 years earlier.

[@tub19]

Remember going to cinema with my Dad to watch this.

[@crush42mash6]

I love the way they got rid of a politician that’s a dirt ball, great movie seen it a dozen times. 🇨🇦

[@heyrod59]

Christopher Walken back in the day was a badass even then ! !

[@greggregory4654]

A very good book and a very good movie.

[@dominysynclair]

Alternate title: The Punctual Mercenary. Logline: If he'd been 5 minutes earlier, he'd be president.

[@everettlunday8855]

Change of management in Zangara.

[@Pbirv]

This war's gotta have some cowbell!

[@baldrick2352]

Couldn't help it, could you?

[@onesec8005]

Too soon. Too soon....

[@TheEdemund]

YOU'R LATE !!!

[@lockjaw5161]

BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@saanzacs]

0:41 "YOU'RE LATE!!!"

[@dancarm5428]

I don't think I've ever seen anybody else wear a beret quite like the bloke in the passenger seat of the Land Rover.

[@michaelwhittaker5432]

cap badge to the center beret pulled down both sides originated in ww.2 Tank regiments etc or any one who had to wear radio head phones ? became a very cool look ( if you could get away with it ) in post war years especially Cavalry regiments this has often been discussed on militaria collectors sites and described as total wrong bad continuity by the props department etc when in fact some one went right out of there way to show this , dont know the actors back ground ? may be ex regular

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

@@michaelwhittaker5432 That actor played the French guy in the original Indiana Jones film. .

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

Daniel Carmichael I have! He was in a film called Dogs of War.

[@Patrix299]

@@michaelwhittaker5432 why not just wear a helmet or a cap or any other thing that will protect you from shrapnel and the sun instead of a parade headress

[@dancarm5428]

@@michaelwhittaker5432 Thanks.

[@justinsincoise6693]

Books pretty good as Well. Frederick Forsyth.

[@danieldravot341]

At the end in the book, Shannon takes his own life as he’s had a malignant tumor on his neck diagnosed . . .

[@iliketowatchsowhat]

I thought it was lung cancer......

[@danieldravot341]

@@iliketowatchsowhat, I’ve read that the prognosis can differ between US and UK editions.

[@WI1987]

It's been a while since I last saw the movie but I don't think the character has cancer in the movie ... I believe it's some sort of kidney damage from the injuries he's suffered over the years.

[@WiIdbiII]

Great movie , has always been one of my favorites.

[@heybabe8438]

One of my favorite movies !

[@TomCheer9]

This flick & City of Industry, John Irvin masterpieces - watched each one about a dozen times. Chris Walken & Harvey Keitel (always great) never better.

[@chrisvig123]

Welcome to Zangaro 😀

[@michaelsurace1028]

Dark of the Sun with Rod Taylor and Jim Brown.

[@SuperMarshall2009]

Two cool characters from Raiders of the Lost Ark appear in this scene. Paul Freeman and George Harris

[@jimcrawford5039]

Damn good movie! , must watch it again!

[@TomCheer9]

Damn right, Jim!

[@johnsowa999]

yes at the end of the novel cat Shannon goes off in the jungle whistling Spanish Harlem it says he has a black mole on his neck

[@LandersWorkshop]

I thought it was a very stupid ending in some ways.

[@mikeseigle5560]

In the book he takes the job not expecting to live but he is one of the few that does.

[@e.a.corral4713]

1 of my favorite MOVIES.Got to see it on the big screen? The DVD VERSION is extended & filled in some important gaps? Bought the soundtrack. Excellent.

[@markbravo8904]

" HEY .... YOU ." ( Frank White )

[@mkfloyd9131]

And Horatio Kane is gone...

[@johnwade6650]

Lol..watching this clip now 41 years after the movie was filmed in my country,takes me back to my childhood. I know exactly where all these scenes were filmed in Belize City. Most of these buildings are gone now. It's important to note that the "presidential palace" was actually an abandoned home for the mentally disabled. Yup. Its now the site of the Keystone building in Belize City.

[@gmshadowtraders]

Wow, super informative! Thanks for watching

[@DownTownBrown71]

It's interesting how many different cuts of this film was released for public viewing. I have personally seen three different versions with all kinds of extra and extended scenes included.

[@gmshadowtraders]

Wow, thanks for sharing that. They should definitely do a DVD special edition with bonus material!

[@DownTownBrown71]

gmshadowtraders : I would ASSUME if they would release a Director's Cut it would be the longest, uncut version with all the extra scenes and cuts. I was really surprised when I had the opportunity to see the longer versions.

[@LandersWorkshop]

@@DownTownBrown71 What can you tell of the longer versions?

[@qfapodcastabouthowardstern]

My original vid almost completely removes the JoBeth Williams scenes, which is stupid. It only added more pathos to Walken's character. There's also a few more exchanges with the ship captain including the moment he comes up with the story to get them out of Spain.

[@SensorGhost1]

I've seen the U.S. and European versions. The Euro release has 15 minutes of extra footage. It was almost like seeing a new film. What's the third version? I've never heard of that.

[@fernandochavez4312]

I love this film. Worked in Gabon way back in the eighties. It was rumored that this story was based there. First week in country, we were watching tv in a restaurant where we watched a man executed at the end of a pier. Apparently he had attempted to kill an official with a steak knife or something to that effect. Thanks

[@jhayes1944]

It was filmed in Belize

[@garypulliam3740]

The sound of that Rover motor must have been dubbed in. Its sounds like a dam 426 Hemi.

[@pedropig]

I was wondering if it was a rover v8 powered Land Rover. I’m sure they did some but not sure they saw military service

[@tsukishiro70]

@@pedropig Oh, they did. Lots and lots of them. Mainly Series 3, or at the very least pre-the switch to the Defender name-plate on the front. Kind of fell out of favour when one of the military ones rolled over, the petrol tank ruptured and the guys inside it got burned to death on a motorway. Blokes liked them because they were powerful beasties.

[@pedropig]

@@tsukishiro70 cheers for that 👍

[@jamesvandemark2086]

A true classic....

[@bigbob1699]

One tough movie .

[@stephenle-surf9893]

Should of had the final speech from the book, in the last few years I've watched a million children die because of your greed.I might be a bastard I might be a killer but I am not a bloody sadist. Legend.

[@plasticweapon]

heavy handed. less is more.

[@roobear78]

absolute fantastic movie

[@user-iw7xr2pv6g]

Kimba!! Kick it ass!!!!

[@vasudha1074]

christopher walken is unbelievably good as Michael Shannon !

[@nixonvanegas8715]

The name of the character is cat shannon

[@SensorGhost1]

In the movie, it's Jamie (James) Shannon.

[@AndrewLambert-wi8et]

MAO SAID POLITICS BEGINS IN THE BARREL OF THE GUN. IF ONE HAS THE BIGGEST GUN THAN THE OTHERS THEN ONE RULES.

[@Iron-Bridge]

Walken's character before he met John Creasy in Man On Fire.

[@iliketowatchsowhat]

The start of this movie was good too!

[@gmshadowtraders]

Thanks for the reminder! lol

[@ablezar5791]

Olu jecob on this movie he's a legend

[@Ferr1963]

01:58 That engine sounds very good. A six cylinders petrol, I believe.

[@oskareriksson2202]

Remind me the stories told by some man I knew about his service as mercenary in Congo in the '60....

[@loulopez554]

Great movie!

[@moncorp1]

Point of order about the description. "filmed on location in Belize" is used wrong. Should have just said, "filmed in Belize." Filmed on location would have meant it was filmed where the story actually took place. That is all. NEGAT Bravo Zulu

[@gmshadowtraders]

lol that some next level comment bro. haha. Yea matter of fact it should read "Largely filmed in Belize".

[@snowscapephile4709]

Christopher Walken!

[@cheesenoodles8316]

After seeing this movie, I refer to him as the bird watcher.

[@garethoneill5676]

I think that may be an allusion to James Bond as Fleming took the name from the author of a book about birds.

[@cheesenoodles8316]

@@garethoneill5676 In the movie, Christopher travels as a bird photographer...hence the "bird watcher". In my heady younger days, a copy of Petersons Guide to Birds and a pair of compact bonnoculars was used to explore no go areas.

[@victormoisesgalvan1596]

Was I the only one who was pissed with what happened to Tom Berenger's character? Because in the book yes he did go down as well but his death he goes down taking down the one that shot him before he dies and it was not a girl with kids it was a military adviser.

[@gmshadowtraders]

Damn, thanks for that info! Interesting. I think the movie for 'Day of the Jackal' closely followed the book, but even there some sacrifices probably were made too. Maybe here in Dogs of War, the emphasis was on Walken's character being the supreme badass?

[@victormoisesgalvan1596]

@@gmshadowtraders of course. Although the part about gunning down kimba was done by someone else. But the part were bobi is killed shannon kills him differently and then after he kills bobi he introduces endean to okoye and explains why he chose him instead of bobi and then there's an epilogue after the fight explained the aftermath of the assault and what they did to the ones that died in their group because there were 4 Mercs in Shannon's group he led and 2 died and then because of what shannon did he goes off the grid when he gives up the documents of their involvement to north's people which is why shannon doesn't go back to London because endean goes after him for it. And in the book they beginning isn't in central america it's in biafra and the leader of biafra does the favor to shannon to send some of his exiled remnant biafran troops to assist him to avoid having anyone in endean's pockets to try and kill shannon and okoye.

[@victormoisesgalvan1596]

I forgot to mention this but in the book their names and professions are different but the characters are exactly the same as the movie so you can literally notice whose who. Like drew in the book he has a different name and he is the bazooka specialist but you know its him because like in the movie Tom Berenger's character is always by Shannon's side throughout the film same goes in the book. They added one more character in the book but I understood why they didn't use him in the past because he's a former hitler youth but you'll notice that he's similar to the four long story short they're the same characters as in the movie just different names and professions.

[@LandersWorkshop]

Yeah one was brought down by a hand grenade and another brought down by a Russian Speznaz advisor?

[@victormoisesgalvan1596]

@@LandersWorkshop yes exactly. Now the movie still top notch to this day some can agree and some well you get the idea can you blame them? of course not. But part in the book was added to the movie can you imagine how badass that scene alone would have been? Yes the characters would meet their fates obviously but they would have gone down in a blaze of glory especially Tom Berenger's Character. That alone the intensity would have increased in the film.

[@kenfulkerson9567]

1 of the best movies Walker ever did.

[@JMark-zk5pj]

Mr. Katanga from Raiders?

[@user-fm5lc1jq2d]

Full movie plz

[@andrzejp.5327]

Wspaniały film. Al Bundy musiał do końca życia żałować że nie popłynął...

[@patrickwright8352]

Good book

[@ajb7332]

YAH LATE!

[@gmshadowtraders]

lol

[@ianmangham4570]

AWESOMENESS

[@Foldy435]

Always remember the XM-18 in this "a mixed fruit pudding" weapon.

[@matthewdekorte373]

this was not the end scene in the origonal movie , he goes home and gets assinated at the end

[@joeconrad3828]

Damn. Why did they cut it off before the vocals and ending music started. That’s what I clicked for.

[@gmshadowtraders]

Sorry! My bad, I felt a 'no-music' ending was more appropriate, plus they can pull the video down!

[@jhayes1944]

Filmed in Belize City. The government of Belize was careful to not have any mention of Belize as the location in the credits. I assume because the movie did not show Belize in a good light.

[@dhulipalarajasekhar281]

Good comment ...

[@robertosanfilippo376]

Original mercenary arm! ❤️♠️🎱☯️

[@MikeGuadango]

My best friend Trent Beretta was a mercenary

[@tonytheabc]

名作

[@nicholasramsey5331]

After seeing Christopher Walken in this movie, I find him to be more than an equal adversary to Roger Moore in "A View to a Kill!" I find him to be more than a real and worthy adversary to James Bond!

[@romuloambay9624]

roger moore was not authentic being james bond- physically, mentally. .

[@nicholasramsey5331]

@@romuloambay9624 You got me there. I agree, Roger Moore was not an authentic, tough and rugged James Bond by any means. Of course, Roger Moore just happened to be the James Bond who starred in the same Bond movie that Christopher Walken also starred in.

[@dylantoshi]

Wow.

[@jackstewart8938]

Can anyone give me the credit song?

[@ronin-kf1uq]

Soundtrack Credits Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries Sung by Gillian McPherson Music by Geoffrey Burgon Poem by A.E. Housman

[@ronin-kf1uq]

Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries These, in the day when heaven was falling, The hour when earth's foundations fled, Followed their mercenary calling, And took their wages, and are dead. Their shoulders held the sky suspended; They stood, and earth's foundations stay; What God abandoned, these defended, And saved the sum of things for pay. A.E. Housman