Attack Force Z (1982)

Attack Force Z (1982) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1982 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Tim Burstall

Written By:
Roger Marshall

Actors:
John Phillip Law ..... Lieutenant J.A. (Jan) Veitch
Mel Gibson ..... Captain P.G. (Paul) Kelly
Sam Neill ..... Sergeant D.J. (Danny) Costello
Chris Haywood ..... Able Seaman A.D. 'Sparrer' Bird
John Waters ..... Sub Lt. Ted 'Kingo' King
Chun Ku ..... Rice farmer
Sylvia Chang ..... Chien Hua
O Ti ..... Shaw Hu
Koo Chuan Hsiung ..... Lin Chan-Lang (as Koo Chuan-Hsiung)
Lung Shuan ..... Watanabe
Vi Yuan ..... Imanaka (as Yi Yuan)
Wei Su ..... Wong Chong
Hsa Li-Wen ..... Lee Chang
Val Champion ..... Ed Ayres
Yu Wang ..... Oshiko Imoguchi

Synopsis:

Force Z is a crack Australian military corps during World War II. When a plane carrying a high-profile Japanese defector crash-lands somewhere in the South Pacific, it's up to Force Z to find it. Complicating matters is a traitor in the good guys' midst. John Philip Law heads the cast of Attack Force Z, but some video companies have bestowed top billing upon Mel Gibson, originally listed 3rd in the cast. The film also features an early leading performance by Sam Neill.

A fresh faced Mel Gibson, in his first role after Gallipoli and Mad Max 11, commands an elite military team dispatched during WW II to locate and rescue the survivors of a crashed plane shot down over a South Pacific island occupied by the Japanese. One of the castaways, a defecting Japanese official, holds the secret to ending the war, and must be saved at all costs. Set in the Sambalang Straights in the South Pacific, this fast paced action thriller in the tradition of The Guns of Navarone, boasts a top notch cast including Gibson, Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, The Dish), John Phillip Law (Barbarella) and John Waters (Breaker Morant). Made in 1981 and shot in Taiwan, Attack Force Z appeared at the Cannes Film Festival (1981), while the original director, Phillip Noyce (The Quiet American), was replaced by Tim Burstall (Alvin Purple) shortly before production began.

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

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