South Vietnam, late afternoon on August 18, 1966 - for three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming enemy force of 2,500 battle hardened Main Force Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army soldiers. With their ammunition running out, th... (Full plot summary below)
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South Vietnam, late afternoon on August 18, 1966 - for three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming enemy force of 2,500 battle hardened Main Force Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army soldiers. With their ammunition running out, their casualties mounting and the enemy massing for a final assault each man begins to search for his own answer - and the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honor, decency and courage. The Battle of Long Tan is one of the most savage and decisive engagements in ANZAC history, earning both the United States and South Vietnamese Presidential Unit Citations for gallantry along with many individual awards. But not before 18 Australians and more than 245 Vietnamese are killed.
Leave your thoughts about Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan.
| VarietyJoe LeydonBy turns viscerally exciting and predictably formulaic — and, quite often, both at once — Danger Close is an efficiently crafted and consistently involving old-school war movie propelled by matter-of-fact professionalism on both sides of the cameras. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayAnyone interested in the complexities and controversies surrounding Australia and New Zealand’s involvement in Vietnam may find Danger Close disappointing. But the movie actually works OK as one long fight scene. |
| The PlaylistChristian GallichioThe Battle of Long Tan is fascinating, not only for its tactical outcome but for the historical blindspot, which has effectively marginalized contributions to the war made by Australia and New Zealand. After the film ends, what lingers is the photography and archival footage that accompanies the end credits; with a little bit of context, that’s a film that needs to be told. |
| User ReviewTyranianPretty cool Aussie war film with incredible battle scenes and okay acting, writing is a bit dodge. |
| User ReviewDee68Interesting in learning Antipodean involvement in the Vietnam War. I found whole Battle story so predictable and cliched. The action scenes unrealistic, VC troops being directly hit by shellfire but maintaining uninjured anatomy etc..... And as for Fimmels 1 dimensional acting, and bright eyed but gormless gaze plus permasmirk and action man doll makeover,.....!!!? Well I just had to laugh halfway through the movie..... Oh well it provided some non too brain taxing Weds eve distraction.... |
