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Attack Force Z is a Australien film of genre Drama directed by Tim Burstall released in USA on 11 june 1982 with Mel Gibson
Attack Force Z (1982)
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Add to a movie listThis article concerns the 1982 fictional movie. For information about the actual Commando unit, see Z Special Unit.
Attack Force Z (alternatively titled The Z Men) is a 1982 Australian/Taiwanese international co-productionWorld War II film, directed by Tim Burstall. It is loosely based on an actual event that took place during World War II, and was shot in Taiwan in 1979. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 1981.
The film is noted for starring Mel Gibson and Sam Neill, who were relatively unknown (in the U.S) at the time but who went on to become international stars.
Synopsis
In the Straits of Sembaleng, five men are dispatched by submarine in Klepper canoes to rescue survivors of a shot-down plane on a nearby island which is occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army. Led by Paul Kelly (Gibson), an inexperienced commando officer, the team secretly lands on the island and hides their kayaks. As they venture in land, Ted 'Kingo' King is hit by fire from an unseen machine gun post, the team quickly eliminates the Japanese defenders and return to their wounded comrade. King has been hit on the leg, the bullet smashing his kneecap. King cannot be allowed to fall into enemy hands and compromise the mission under interrogation, and after sharing a cigarette with him, Costello shoots him. The four remaining men return to their search, coming across a rice farmer they learn of the area in which the plane crashed. The rice farmer is also killed in order to preserve secrecy.Actors
Mel Gibson
(Captain Kelly)
Sam Neill
(Sergeant Costello)
John Phillip Law
(Lieutenant Veitch)
John Waters
(Ted King)
Chris Haywood
(Able Seaman A.D. 'Sparrer' Bird)
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