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Out on DVD!

posted 19 years ago by The_Khazi
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Interesting to see Sam Neil & Mel Gibson in the early stages of their careers & a few decent battle scenes although it`s really nothing special.I remember seeing an Aussie mini-series about the WW2 Z raids years ago which eclipsed this;also mentioned in the 30min featurette on the DVD but annoyingly they omit the title of it.

Has a few hard-edged moments particularly when a wounded comrade gets put out of his misery at the start of the mission but it really is mediocre until the run-in.Squad get ambushed,shoot some Japs,shoot some more Japs although the machine guns are nifty;maybe I`m wrong but it looks like the U.S. "Grease Gun" with the biggest silencer you`ll ever see.

DVD has aforementioned featurette with a few cast interviews(no Gibson,Neil-You`re not surprised)-anamorphic widescreen approx 1.85:1(good pic overall apart from grainy opening shot with sub),stereo-Australian 2004 release although region 0.

[–] stevemiller-7 18 years ago

Im almost a year late but the mini series you are thinking of is probably The Heroes, which is about Operation Jaywick.

[–] irishandyn 17 years ago

Highest Honor
The Heroes
The Heroes: The Return.

All of them cover the Z-force operations Jaywick and the less successful Rimau.

[–] The_Khazi 17 years ago

Thanks for all replies.

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