recap represent jamie shannon and a mercenary and be hire by a company to go on a information gather mission to zangora and an african country rule by a unstable dictator . the company be uneasy to invest in country where the situation be not under control . so and pose a a bird photographer and he go to zangora to collect a much information a he can . but it soon end with him be arrest and beat to piece and deport . the company be unhappy about the whole zangora situation though and hire shannon to make a coup . shannon put his team together . but it be not easy to plan a military operation without alert the authority and especially when your employer do not trust you . comment represent first of all and i have not read the novel and i just rent the movie expect a good action fill war movie and a suggest by the poster for example . i be disappoint . the movie contain precious little war and almost less action . i can believe that the whole part when shannon assemble his team work well in a book and when you can elaborate and create some suspense . in a movie and like this and when you have to cut it down to a few loosely connect scene and all suspense be lose and all we have be a long dull wait before the action finally begin . and when the coup start it be a quick and easy one . some of the potential personal vendetta that be establish during his first visit be cut to a minimum and and the entire coup be without any trace of suspense . and the action be rather bad too . negative .