Men of War is a 1994 action film directed by Perry Lang, written by John Sayles, and revised by Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris.

It stars Dolph Lundgren as Nick Gunar, a former Special Ops soldier who leads a group of mercenaries to a treasure island in the South China Sea.

When two men offer him a job on a tropical island, he reluctantly agrees and gathers together a group of soldier friends also down on their luck.

Nick respects them, but there is friction caused by a few mercenaries who want to kill natives to persuade them to leave, or, alternatively, to get them to divulge where a suspected treasure might be.

The film was based on an original screenplay by John Sayles called A Safe Place, written in the early 1980s for producer Stan Rogow.

Following the excellent test screenings reactions that the movie had, Miramax had bought it from another company with a promise of theatrical release, but then they dumped it on video because they thought that Dolph Lundgren couldn't bring the audience if he was main hero in the film.

"[14] Leigh Riding of DVDactive rated it 7/10 stars and called it "a sturdy action drama" that is "surprisingly intriguing and entertaining".

[12] Rachel Adams and David Savran in their bookThe masculinity studies reader said "Men of War invokes the most vividly remembered fighting in a foreign land of recent Western history.

"[15] Mick Martin and Marsha Porter said in the DVD & video guide 2005 said, "fine performances by an all-star Dolph Lundgren as a mercenary assigned to "convince" a cast in this offbeat and disturbing film.