. just look at the poor robert webber character ( great performance and once again . ) who try to wrestle a sub machine gun from one of the terrorist . everything in this movie seem to be a little wrong . the big mistake in my opinion be the effort to give the action a firm footing in the actuality of the early 1980ies ( the fundamental difference between this flick and the far more fantastic and ironic and therefore timeless die hard ) . the story come through a a failed attempt to glorify the sa commando . idea like when a commando shout heads down all good guy do it and all bad guy do not so that they can blast away ad lib ( with a good conscience ) and that the main character do not get mow down by the gas mask commandos although he wear the same clothes and carry a weapon from their arsenal just seem to be unlikely and make it hard to take the movie seriously . and it just happen that it try to be more than just fun . don not talk about the toilet mirror signal episode . i do not mind the criticism of the pacifist movement a a shield for evildoer and the argument between the peace fanatic and the settle and even head representative of power in this movie . but the political comment be rather lame and uninspired . this be insofar regrettable a the movie feature an early performance of judy davy . she play the main fanatic and seem to have do extensive study on the subject . anyway and her performance be a notch above that of the others and somehow i feel the movie let her down .