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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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