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Director:
Writer:
Roger Marshall (writer)
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Release Date:
June 1982 (USA) more
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Mel Gibson blasting his way to hell and back
Plot:
A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II. | add synopsis
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Cast

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John Phillip Law ... Lieutenant J.A. (Jan) Veitch

Mel Gibson ... Captain P.G. (Paul) Kelly

Sam Neill ... Sergeant D.J. (Danny) Costello
Chris Haywood ... Able Seaman A.D. 'Sparrer' Bird
John Waters ... Sub Lt. Ted 'Kingo' King
Chun Ku ... Rice farmer
Sylvia Chang ... Chien Hua
O Ti ... Shaw Hu
Chun Hsiung Ko ... Lin Chan-Lang (as Koo Chuan-Hsiung)
Lung Shuan ... Watanabe
Yuen Yi ... Imanaka (as Yi Yuan)
Wei Su ... Wong Chong
Hsa Li-Wen ... Lee Chang
Val Champion ... Ed Ayres
Yu Wang ... Oshiko Imoguchi
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Z Men (Australia) (working title)
Z-tzu te kung tui (Taiwan)
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Runtime:
Australia:93 min | USA:84 min | West Germany:93 min | Argentina:93 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Original director was Phillip Noyce. Fired due to creative differences. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Arpa colla (1982) more

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War...What is it good for?, 28 August 2005
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Author: greenheart from United Kingdom

I presume that this movie was meant to be a tribute for the Australasian special forces operating in WW2. Now, I've no doubt that they were totally professional and highly trained individuals, I just don't think this movie did them too many favours. They made so many tactical errors and decisions based on emotion that I'm quite sure in real life, thy wouldn't have made. Individuals leaving their unit as they'd fallen for a girl! Sorry, but it just wouldn't have happened with so much at stake. On the positive side, this had a great cast and terrific authentic locations. The action sequences were well done and the torture scenes particularly harrowing. But at the end of the movie, I just sat there thinking, what were they really fighting for and was it all necessary? So many lives taken without a second thought and for what? Not a classic, but thought provoking which in my book, is never bad.

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