Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan

2019 119 min ★ 6.8 War, Drama, History

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.

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Cast

Travis Fimmel

Major Harry Smith

Toby Blome

Private Bill 'Yank' Akell

Alexander England

Warrant Officer Class 2 Jack Kirby

Aaron Glenane

Captain Morrie Stanley

Uli Latukefu

Bombardier Ray Ngatai

Richard Te Are

Gunner Murry Watene

Luke Bracey

Sergeant Bob Buick

Sean McCarthy

Private Vic Grice

Mojean Aria

Second Lieutenant Gordon Sharp

Ryan Hance

Private Barry 'Custard' Meller

Details

Director

Kriv Stenders

Screenplay

Stuart Beattie

Tagline

"Outnumbered. Outgunned. Never out of courage."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$23,934,823

Revenue

$2,078,370

Production

Red Dune Films, Full Clip Productions, Deeper Water Films, Sunjive Studios, THN Nominees, Hoosegow Productions, Ingenious Media

Reviews

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SWITCH.

June 18, 2019

‘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 encapsulating friendship, and a modernised respect to the ANZACs. - Lily Meek Read Lily's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com....

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Gimly

January 1, 2020

★ 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/Vietnam or the Brits in WWI/WWII", you could do a lot worse than give _Danger Close_ a chance, but if you're looking for strong characte...