maketheSWITCH2019-06-18T10:21:41.370Z

‘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 encapsulati...

Ruuz2020-01-01T07:32:45.398Z

5/10

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/Vietna...

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Release

08/08/2019

Rating

⭐ 6.8/10

Runtime

119 min

Status

Released

Budget

$23,934,823

Revenue

$2,078,370

Genres

War Action Drama History

Languages

EnglishVietnamese

Production

Links

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Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan

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.