| Rating: 4/5 Australia has its own Steven Soderberg and Michael Winterbottom in Kriv Stenders.

Although most of the soldiers were conscripts, they were still professional soldiers and not as this movie has portrayed them ... a pack of dysfunctional idiots. Cinemark This tends to be my issue with Australian films with substantial budgets. I viewed this at my local cinema with no preconceptions. 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.

'Danger Close: The Battle For Long Tan' is a Queensland-filmed Vietnam War film from the director of 'Red Dog'. This is a simple and easily accessible without anything to separate it from the standard Hollywood war films. It offers more to genre enthusiasts but is a good watch.

It's 1966 and a bunch of mostly conscripted ANZAC soldiers - Delta Company - are sent into a rubber plantation to fight a potential Viet Cong attack on their base.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Thank you to everyone involved in making this movie.

|, April 6, 2020 By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy User Ratings In no way did we get the sense of how terrifying a true Danger Close call of artillery dropped so close you could light your cigarette off, is. It is not a top movie like platoon.

Don't expect a masterpiece. Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Kokoda had the atmosphere but struggled with its light budget. 10 out of 10. That lingering whiff of unquestioning patriotism is an ugly scratch on its shiny livery but for relentless, meat-and-potatoes action you could do a whole lot worse. The film is clearly designed as a tribute to the unfaltering courage of those men, yet it is not some hollow, patriotic flag waver, nor is there much glory in the outcome. To keep this short and sweet: By 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. Excellent cinematography, believable, heartfelt and gripping. I watched the film without skipping forward (that is a plus). The battle scenes are vivid, graphic and often brutal. I was wrong. Can clearly see where money was saved by not reshooting scenes / explosions that didn't quite come off correctly. It's got them all and they're all pounded home with a sledge hammer.

Regal It's a solid, watchable film, about a real event that means a lot to Australian and Kiwi forces. As a novice historian, I was so bitterly disappointed with Kokada 2006 that I referred to it as KaCrap and decided I would never watch an Australian Feature Movie again.... until this movie came out. I watched this movie at the Sydney Film Festival ahead of its official release. Without flawless and genius direction, characters sort of wander aimlessly and just happen to end up at whatever predetermined point has been set.

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Critics Consensus.

|, August 7, 2019 Travis Fimmel leads a fresh cast of actors in this story of Australia/New Zealand fighters in Vietnam. It's skilfully shot and grippingly well-edited, with a superbly engaging cast. | Rating: 3/5 | Rating: 4/5 Dreadful dialogue and poor acting aside, the movie showed enough real facts to keep it interesting.