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