Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan 2019

Outnumbered. Outgunned. Never out of courage

6.8 / 10   301 vote(s)
R
War Action Drama History

Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.

Homepage http://dangerclosemovie.com
Release Date 2019-08-08
Runtime 1h 59m
Directors Ben Nott, Kriv Stenders, Greg Tynan, Jamie Leslie, Joanne Pearce, Carl Edge
Producers Stuart Beattie, Nick Quested, Charles Hannah, Peter Wetherell, Jay Taylor, Marcus Bolton, Meyer Shwarzstein, John Jencks, Martin Walsh, Andrew Mann, Michael Schwarz, Peta Ross, David Kennedy, John Schwarz, Jimmy Costas, Alastair Burlingham, Silvio Salom, Veronica Sive, Joe Simpson, Anders Erdén, Charlie Dombek, Simon Williams, Tony H. Noun, Marcus Englefield, Anton Rosenberg, Justin Boylson, Dennis Karp, George Lee, Michael Burton
Writers Stuart Beattie, Karel Segers, Jack Brislee, James Nicholas, Paul Sullivan

‘Danger Close’ is an epic recount of the Battle of Long Tan with no Hollywood exaggerations, no excuses for narrative cuts, and no colourful tie-ins. Kriv Stenders has created a film that explores inherit Australian values, history and entertainment – whilst encapsulating friendship, and a modernised respect to the ANZACs. - Lily Meek

Read Lily's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-danger-close-the-battle-of-long-tan-close-to-home

Head to https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/sff for more Sydney Film Festival reviews.

SWITCH.

I don't at all dislike War films, but they're also not of a genre that is particularly close to my heart. Danger Close didn't do anything for me that changed that, but, if you're a fan, and are interested in the ever-elusive "Anything other than the Yanks in WWII/Vietnam or the Brits in WWI/WWII", you could do a lot worse than give Danger Close a chance, but if you're looking for strong characterisation, you could do better too.

Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

Gimly