Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan

MA15+
2019
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118 mins
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Just over one hundred inexperienced young Kiwi and Aussie soldiers attempt to hold off over 2500 Vietnamese in this true... More

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Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan | Ratings & Reviews

"Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan recreates the most famous Australian battle of the Vietnam War, during which outnumbered and out-experienced ANZAC troops fought boldly. Elements of the film ring true but it is patriotic to a problematic extent."

Flicks, Blake HowardFlicks

"So while you can expect the usual soundtrack-driven slo-mo sequences and predictable moments of visceral violence, Danger Close delivers its devastatingly dramatic story in compelling fashion."

StuffStuff

"Battle footage is impressive and authentic but narrative unfolds in a predictable manner."

New Zealand HeraldNew Zealand Herald

"If it's not the most character-driven of Australian war movies, it's certainly one of the most intense."

Sydney Morning HeraldSydney Morning Herald

"...the unquestionably good intentions aren't enough to outweigh the middling results."

FilmInkFilmInk

"A war movie both impassioned and generic; often, despite the film's palpable sense of importance at bringing such an under-sung skirmish to the screen, it feels impassioned about remaining generic."

Screen DailyScreen Daily

"Orchestrated on an impressive scale, the movie nonetheless feels both familiar and diffuse, with thinly sketched variations on a bronzed theme rather than characters..."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"A war movie both impassioned and generic; often, despite the film's palpable sense of importance at bringing such an under-sung skirmish to the screen, it feels impassioned about remaining generic."

Screen DailyScreen Daily

"Orchestrated on an impressive scale, the movie nonetheless feels both familiar and diffuse, with thinly sketched variations on a bronzed theme rather than characters..."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"...the unquestionably good intentions aren't enough to outweigh the middling results."

FilmInkFilmInk

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan | Details

Rating
MA15+, Strong war themes and violence
Runtime
118
Genre
Action, War
Country of origin
Australia

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