a5c7b9f00b A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew. In between drinking cans of Fosters beer, Australian soldiers tread on a few landmines, and generally experience the war in Vietnam. I was station and did my tour of duty over seas' and I saw this movie and enjoyed it …. I watch it with my brother in my back yard on a sheet and neighbors hung out on me fence line watching it also… we all enjoy the movie… you really gotta watch it and enjoy it for what it reveals the story line and a group of men that eventually came home ….a lot of good boys went over there and did not come back …..and some that did was screwed for life ….we all made the best of what was available to us…but the people back home did not, when I finally did got orders.. we were not received at home like we should have … also at that time we had the draft and had no news of home so we did not hear about marches and riots and sit in's I had four brothers three of us went in the services' not one of us became career soldiers' but we did our duty for the country we love WATCH the MOVIE and enjoy it for what you see not what you read or see on TV's newspapers and radio Terribly underrated, and generally unknown in the US. Although the film deals with Australian troops in Viet Nam, this could very easily have been any of the US units. Any of us who served on the ground there will recognize these menbuddies we knew. The combat sequences in this film are among the best ever filmed, and until "Platoon" came along, it was one of the few films that portrayed the combat experience in Viet Namit really was. Like "84 Charlie MoPic", it's a small film that tells a large story without beating you over the head with its message. When people ask me which are the best films about that endless mess in Viet Nam, this is one of the first films I refer them to (along with "MoPic"). My VHS copy is just about worn out; I never tire of its grim humor and honest story. (USMC, Viet Nam 67-69)
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