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Attack Force Z

Attack Force Z

1981Movie⏱️ 1h 24mNot Rated
ActionDramaHistoryWar
5.4
IMDB Rating
3,084 votes

A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II.

Director
Tim Burstall
Writers
N/A
Stars
John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill
Language
English, Japanese, Mandarin
Country
Australia, Taiwan
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🎭 Top Cast

John Phillip Law
John Phillip Law
as Jan Veitch
Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson
as Paul Kelly
Sam Neill
Sam Neill
as Danny Costello
Chris Haywood
Chris Haywood
as Sparrer Bird
John Waters
John Waters
as Ted King
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Chun Ku
as Rice Farmer
Sylvia Chang
Sylvia Chang
as Chien Hua
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O Ti
as Shaw Hu
Ko Chun-Hsiung
Ko Chun-Hsiung
as Lin Chan-Lang
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Lung Shuan
as Watanabe

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Taiwan
Production
Central Motion Pictures, Fauna Productions, John McCallum Productions

🏷️ Keywords

commando unitcommando raidcommando missionhistorical eventhiking

🎯 Categories

ActionDramaHistoryWar

⭐ Featured Review

Law's looking for love in war, but Gibson's only got eyes for the prize
by SpoonChaser2024-02-13
5/10

"Melodramatic war film which sometimes focuses too much on the forbidden romance shared between lead Law and the character played by Chang, daughter of the village elder who despises the Japanese but is also wary of the impact allied forces will have on his village. Elsewhere it's a capable action film concerning an elite group of soldiers who infiltrate an island village in Taiwan to extract a Japanese defector and his American minder who crash landed on the island. There's plenty of future star power to rev the engines with Gibson showing glimpses of the livewire character he went ..."

💡 Did You Know?

The movie performed badly at the box-office in Australia upon initial release. After it opened in Melbourne in June of 1982, after its poor run in theaters there, it wasn't released theatrically anywhere else in Australia. However, it found more popularity upon video release in Australia on Roadshow Home Video.

📖 Synopsis

A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II.