Attack Force Z (1982)

Directed by

Tim Burstall

Genre

action film, war film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 70 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, an Australian commando team carries out sabotage missions behind Japanese lines in Southeast Asia. The film follows their dangerous operations and the personal sacrifices they make.

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What happens

Attack Force Z (alternatively titled The Z Men) is a 1981 war film directed by Tim Burstall, and starring John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, and Koo Chuan Hsiung. It dramatizes the exploits of Z Special Unit, also known as Z Force, a joint Australian, British and New Zealand commando unit. Its main brief was to conduct reconnaissance and sabotage missions throughout Imperial Japanese-occupied Southeast Asia during the Second World War. The film is noted for starring Mel Gibson and Sam Neill, who were relatively unknown in the US at the time but who went on to become international stars. It was an international co-production between Australia and Taiwan, and was filmed on-location in Taiwan. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 1981. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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