Best Defense (1984)

In the heart of the Cold War, Wylie, a laid-back engineer, is simply biding his time, waiting for his floundering employer to finally collapse. In a parallel universe, Landry, a disciplined Sergeant specializing in Armour, is thrust into the battlefield, piloting a tank designed by none other than Wylie. Their paths have never crossed, yet their fates are inexplicably intertwined in this high-stakes game of survival and warfare. Suddenly, Wylie's mundane life takes a dramatic twist when he encounters a fellow engineer who entrusts him with a disk containing plans for a revolutionary system that could be the last hope for his dying company. However, before he can even digest this unexpected turn of events, the other engineer drops dead, leaving Wylie as the sole bearer of the disk and the unexpected hero of his company. Caught between the crossroads of corporate survival and international warfare, Wylie transforms from an underachieving engineer into the saviour of his company, while Landry battles the enemy in a war machine birthed from Wylie's design. Their contrasting lives are now bound by the threads of war and invention, creating a riveting tale of unsuspected heroism and relentless courage.

Best Defense is an action movie featuring Eddie Murphy and directed by Willard Huyck.

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