Also known as Z Men. No, I'm not still in New Zealand.
But, I did put on this Australian war drama with Mel Gibson and Sam Neill basically because it had the two of them in it, and also because one sentence synopsis always sound pretty decent at minimum. Australians in China fighting Japanese? Good cast? I'm in!
The thing this doesn't tell you is that its a long feeling talky drama about more hide and go seek warfare than action. Mel Gibson leads a group who find a small village and descend upon a house where Chien Hua lives with a bunch of neighborhood kids and they hang out there waiting for the Japanese. The Japanese have been in control around these parts and have been oppressive so the village is willing to help them, and a romance even blooms between Chien and one of the soldiers.
Almost more interesting than this review was the thought I had in my head as I watched... Is this my least reviewed genre? I mean, within a certain scope right, like I probably haven't done much musicals or comedies, but like I don't stick to a format and war films probably fit right in with my format. Yet I've done very little of them. And I actually really like war movies, I used to watch The Thin Red Line and stuff like all the fucking time.
This really hits a big road block as the men hang out with the kids and the relationships build. Maybe, maybe if you're in the right mood, but still....its done better elsewhere. I want to give it basically credit for the cast and some mild tension moments, so it can have like a 1.5
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