a5c7b9f00b In between drinking cans of Fosters beer, Australian soldiers tread on a few landmines, and generally experience the war in Vietnam. 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. The posters have been accurate, but there are a couple of points to make.<br/><br/>1) When Graham Kennedy made this, it was well past his crow imitating days - he was trying to crack into movies (and doing generally quite well)<br/><br/>2) The original novel was based on the experiences of the author. That is how he saw his experiences in the SAS. The movie is an excellent adaptation. So when you ask if these guys would have stormed Kosovo, the answer is &#39;YES!&#39; There is a very well done scene where they clear out a temple (i hope). This shows the true level of professionalism in the SAS at that time, despite all the nonsense they carry on with….<br/><br/>3) What most war films don&#39;t do is the extreme boredom felt by soldiers between combat … this film does do that. Even Saving Private Ryan didn&#39;t quite make it…<br/><br/>4) Apart from those minor quibbles, I agreed with the reviewers… Find this film and watch it. While it is flawed, it is possibly the best Vietnam film, and the one with the least political baggage… This is one of my all time favourite films. It is starting to show its age, but only a little.<br/><br/>This was one of the first films to come out detailing the soldiers experiences of Vietnam. It was filmed in 1979 when many of the scars of Vietnam were still fresh and well before the word Vietnam became popular with society again.<br/><br/>Its not a story of heroics or fighting against the odds, its simply an Australian story of mateship. The humour and language is uniquely Australian so it may be a little unfathomable to our overseas friends at times :) Basically its the story of a 12 month tour of duty by a small team of SAS personnel. Unlike regular Australian troops or US Troops, the SAS would deploy deep into the jungle for weeks at a time in small teams of 4 or 5. Alone and cutoff, they were he eyes and ears of the Australian Task Force in the Phouc Tuy province. It took a special kind of man to operate in an environment like that.<br/><br/>The movie shows the interaction, the good natured bantering and jibes between them and above all the deep unspoken bond between them all.<br/><br/>Its not a traditional war movie, so don&#39;t go expecting heroic bayonet charges, or savage last stands etc Don&#39;t go looking for historical battles and events.<br/><br/>Just appreciate it for what it is, a story about a few blokes, a few beers, a few laughs and a few tears.
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