Attack Force Z | MEL GIBSON | Action Movie | Sam Neill | Drama Film
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Action Movie starring MEL GIBSON and SAM NEILL: Attack Force Z - A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World W*r II.
Attack Force Z (1981)
Director: Tim Burstall
Writers: Roger Marshall (screenplay)
Stars: John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill
Genre: Action, Drama, History, W*r
Country: Australia, Taiwan
Language: English
Also Known As: Z Force
Release Date: 18 May 1981 (France)
Filming Location: Taiwan
Reviews:
"W*r films formed the basis of many a childhood, mine included, and this film is a firm favourite of mine, my brother and my cousin.
Made by the Australian film industry it is one of two films about the Australian Special Task Force Z during the Second World W*r. It shows that the war in the Pacific was not won solely by the Americans and that the Japanese occupation of China was brutal to anyone who would oppose them. Having seen photos of what the Japanese did to Chinese relatives of mine and to the population of China in general this film goes someway to highlight a rather forgotten piece of history.
Having said that, taking the film as an action/ w*r drama it is well paced and fairly realistic with but one feat of fantasy. As cinematic trivia it is noteworthy for the performances of Mel Gibson, Sam Neill and singer/actress Sylvia Chang pre-stardom. The star that never was, John Phillip Law takes centre stage for the most part but is beaten for intensity by Gibson as the young officer. The effects are a bit ropey, the blood has the red paint quality of w*r films of the late 60's - early 70's, but this adds to the charm.
If you like "men on a mission" films you should enjoy this."
- written by "Jonny Frost" on IMDb.com
Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) Attack Force Z
Argentina El último mercenario
Australia (working title) The Z Men
Australia (informal title) Z Force
Australia Attack Force Z
Austria Die grünen Teufel vom Mekong
Belgium (English title) (video box title) Attack Force Z
Brazil Força de Ataque Z
Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) Атакуваща бойна единица Z
Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) (TV title) Фактор Z
Canada (French title) Force de frappe
Denmark Junglekrigens hårde halse
Finland Operaatio henkiinjäänyt
Finland Iskujoukko Z
Finland (video box title) Z-Partio
France Force de frappe
Germany (DVD box title) Soldier - Die durch die Hölle gehen
Greece Ομάδα κρούσεως Ζ
Hungary A Z rohamosztag
Italy Z-Men
Norway Angrepsstyrke Z
Poland Atak jednostki Z
Portugal Os Comandos da Força Z
Serbia Specijalna jedinica Z
Soviet Union (Russian title) Штурмовой отряд Z
Spain (DVD title) Z-Men
Spain Ataque Fuerza Z
Spain (alternative title) Grupo de ataque Z
Spain (alternative title) Z - Men: Delta Mission - Comando Diablo Verde
Spain (TV title) Comando Z
Sweden Attack styrka Z
Sweden (TV title) Uppdrag Z
Taiwan Z字特攻隊
Turkey (Turkish title) Son baskın
UK Attack Force Z
USA Attack Force Z
West Germany Die grünen Teufel vom Mekong
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It's great to see this movie again! I watched it over 40 years ago when I was an elementary school boy. This movie was shot in Peng-Hu, Taiwan. Mel Gibson and Sam Neill were very young then.
Years ago, Mel Gibson and Sam Neill came back to Taiwan, and visited the scenes they shot this movie.
I wouldn't be here without "Z" Force
My father having survived the Sandakan Death March and escaping from the extermination camp at Ranau was close to death in hiding in the jungle in Japanese occupied North Borneo
My father and his companions were assisted by heroic local Dusun people who were able to contact "Z" Force operatives in the area who came to their rescue
You mean..Dusun people. Anyway nice history..Malaysian here👍
@@honeyot425
Yeah you're right
I'll change it
Thank you
27:32 This doesn't make much sense. Why would that Japanese soldier pray at a foreign Buddhist temple ?
During the WWII Showa Era, the Imperial Japanese government promoted and supported only the local Shinto religion. Buddhism and other foreign religions were strongly frowned upon.
I mean no disrespect to any actual member of Z force but as far as the mission portrayed in this movie,,, as a United States Marine (inactive) it was Charlie Foxtrot from the start.. as soon as they ran head first into a machine gun nest it was apparent this was not going to go well at all... I truly hope that actual missions were a bit better planned and executed with a bit more honor .... call me old fashioned but we don't leave men behind and we don't execute a leg wound ...
Most of there missions were well planned and excuted a few went wrong usually due to unforeseen circumstances. Anybody found by the Japanese were executed as they were working behind Japanese line's . They did well considering their limited resources. One training run they did was at Townsville managing to slip 10 fake limpet mines on ships in the harbour under the noses of Australian and American guards. They got into a bit of trouble for successfully doing that without getting caught as genral blamey had authorised them to used whatever means necessary for training but they didn't tell anybody about it until after the fake mines were discovered. They were bloody good at their job.
Lots of these are clandestine missions deep behind enemy lines, the commandos knew the risks and accepted the consequences, including possibility of choosing death over captivity. Wounded men left behind were eventually caught, tortured and killed by the Japanese.
After the daring raid on Makin Island in 1942, the US Marine Raiders also left behind several men who were later captured and executed by the Japanese.
All tragic fortunes of war.
Leaving men behind happened all the time when impractical to evacuate, ref World at War episode "Burma'. Injured/ sick man left with hand grenade/pistol. In comparison none of the Western countries have fought a war as brutual as this since.
No matter how you prepare, you can't guarantee victory or the mission's success! But is better to be prepared and planned to increase the odds!
Thank you for your service Sr.
Chris Hayward, John Waters, Mel, Sam Neil, John Law and all the Chinese and Japanese actors were top notch back then. Script also good.Saved the very low budget movie
This was a very under-rated and very overlooked movie from the 1980s that helped launch the careers of Mel Gibson and Sam Neill. I watched it when it first came out and have watched it numerous times. Always enjoy it!
Underrated by whom?
@@sjefhendrickx2257 the rest of the world
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Good watch, but just seems a little too clean, a little too neat, a bit too modern for the time frame. That said..watching it.
I saw this on HBO around 1981 and didn't like it much then. I thought John Philip Law sucked. I've changed my mind after this viewing. Good movie! Even JPL!
And people thought Lt. Spears was cold blooded for killing the POWs after giving them a cigarette.
Beside the Z Force from Australia, the Australians (and also a contingent of Indians) also bravely fought and defended Hong Kong during the Japanese Christmas invasion in 1941 where they stood their ground and fought a losing battle, meanwhile the Colonial British officer all went into hiding as cowards without even firing a single bullets as they think the Japanese will only kill the Chinese so they surrendered to save their own skin.
It was Australian and Indian soldiers that surrendered with the Colonial British Officer Lt General Arthur Percival, the man you are talking about, so when you mention 'save their skins' you are talking about Australians aswell as Indian soldiers surrendering with the British Officer. British soldiers at this point of the war were fighting in Europe.
People forget that the Australians, New Zealanders and others help win the pacific war against Japan. The majority of the commonwealth troops fought in New Guinea and the Philippines under the worthless Dugout Douglas MacArthur. (I’m American) Australian troops stopped the Japanese on the Kokoda trail within 48 kilometres of Port Moresby. It is also forgotten or over looked that the Kokoda trail battles and eventual victory there was due to the American carrier fleet at the battle of the coral sea. The Japanese we’re going to land at Port Moresby and that battle stopped that from occurring. If they would of landed there. Port Moresby would of been lost to the Japanese forces. The Japanese stopped the overland route (Kokoda trail) because of the marine landings on Guadalcanal. They couldn’t supply both areas, and the Kokoda trail troops were hard up for supplies, and high command stopped them. They could of taken Port Moresby if they were allowed to push on. They’d of captured the allies supplies in Port Moresby. The high command wanted them to pull back to defensive positions near Buna, Gona ect until the Guadalcanal matter was settled. The Japanese lost a lot of troops, men, weapons, ships, pilots, aircraft, and supplies trying to retake Guadalcanal. We know how that ended. The Japanese called it starvation island eventually. Then the (mostly) Australians fought the Japanese back across the Owen Stanley mountains to the east coast of New Guinea. They had the hard fights of Buna, Gona, and the other locations. Costly slugging matches against well trained motivated Japanese troops. The Americans helped, but they weren’t very good or as good as the Australians. Once the Australians got there 25 pound guns involved things were much better at destroying the Japanese fortifications. Australian troops stated you could be a meter from a bunker, and not see it or be aware of its presence. The Australians were and are exceptional troops in my opinion. (Im an old army ranger during the early 80’s) nothing but respect for them. It was an allied army that defeated Germany and Japan. Bulk was American troops, American equipment, supplies, air, and naval units. But it was a joint effort and everyone played there part to the victory in 1945.
Army Ranger coward more like it to talk shit about your own country like that! You F your self ass! My Grandfathers and my Uncle's were all Marines fighting the Dam Japs! Yes the Aussies were awesome fighters! I served with them in 1987-1991 while stationed in Milnila. And Panama their commandos were Awesome! But our Marines and Australian Marines kicked ass together! My dad served with them Aussies in Korea and Vietnam! My buddies are Airborne and Delta and Navy Seal and Air Cav! I never heard them belittle their military or country! My dad told me when he relieved a Army Garrison up in Van Took 1967. The Army base was loaded with draft doggers and drug addicts. He never saw so many US soldiers down and out! Given up not us Marines that's what makes us Marine Force Recon boys better than you druggies! I was a Forced Recon sniper 3-3 124 inf. Kiss my Jar head ass!
Spot on mate.
The Soviets played the greatest role in defeating the Germans. The greatest tank battle in human history was the battle for Kursk
Didn't know this. Thank you.
Well said mate, with some actual facts and a good understanding of these events.
Quote from a Z force member.
Please remember the context, and the brutality and torture inflicted upon Australian troops by the Japanese Imperial Army.
" I loved running through the jungle killing Japs"
He was armed with a Owen SMG.
Terrible! What a non hero!
@@sjefhendrickx2257remember the context😇
Nice movie God bless all your team members from Nagaland INDIA
柯俊雄 Ko and 張艾嘉 Sylvia Chang were all very famous actor and actress among the Chinese speaking world in the 80s and 90s. I never knew they worked with Mel Gibson and Sam Neill on the same movie.
MEL Gibson WAS A GREAT AUSTRALIAN ACTOR AND SAM NEIL WAS A GREAT AUSTRALIAN ACTOR AND HE WAS in A movie CALLED THE Bicentennial MAN With THE LATE GREAT Robin Williams WHO committed suicide AND I HAVE this movie ON DVD AND it's A GREAT ONE REST in PEACE Robin Williams YOU ARE GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN 😔
Sam Neill isn't Australian.
And Mel Gibson is STILL alive. And the WORLD knows Robin Williams committed suicide. And what’s with the CAPS?
Have you ever see Robin Williams in "Popeye" ? Check it out
1:21:52 Those Japanese soldiers are firing an American Browning .30 caliber machinegun !
Never seen Mel Gibson as young as this.. must have been one of his first movies..?
Sam Neil aswell.. Never seen him as young as this too....
Good movie and worth watching ☝️👍🏻👌🇮🇪☘️✊️
No lol Mad Max was his first movie and is more famous.
Tv shows were earlier also. i remember The Sullivans before this.
The best movie Mel Gibson ever made was " Forever Young ".
Watched this as a kid in the 80's from betamax. Memorable for me 😊😊😊
Wow. I remember when it was the great debate betamax or VHS. Never seen this before but I'm about to watch it on my phone. I somehow wish we were back in the 80s. Everything was just better😊
@@matthewcullen1298Betamax was obviously technically superior.
But VHS understood that it was all about the CONTENT and not the hardware: VHS made deals to get lots of films and a wide variety of them, so there was something for every viewer.
12:30 Its hard to cheer for these people when they're out killing innocent people like that.
Poor old man...
Right.
This is a good representation of war as cold-blooded murder, but what also struck me was that the treatment of the Chinese was very reasonable and well-informed. Good treatment of bad Chinese spoken by Australians and Japanese, and intelligent Chinese understanding anyway. I wouldn't say the same for the treatment of the Japanese, but given the way that the Japanese treated Australian POWs you can't blame the Aussies for being a bit biased.
What a great movie with no bullshit good actors cheers
I like the romatic parts. 1:00:23 "Are you a married man, BITCH ?" This chick knows her way around those tough commando-types; make yourself understood, girl!
ZED force consisted of Mainly Australians, with British, New Zealanders, Dutch, Timorese and Indonesians all contributing. The Force was commanded by General Thomas Blamey and General Wavel. Both Australians.
It says it came under the direct command of General Douglas MacArthur
@@jacksparrow1057 try google
@@tonystewart7146 "try google"
oOooO, google...the paragon of journalistic integrity. Anyway, you seem to be right. After reading the mostly poor performance of Z Force on wikipedia (can't be much worse than google)...I'm glad MacArthur didn't have a hand in it!
I don't think Wavell can be considered an Australian. He was British and he had served in Australia and over Australian forces. I doubt he was an Australian citizen.
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OK. They lost their first guy within a few hours of landing, and we still don’t know what the force is there or where they are going.
I don’t get it. Why did the Chinese speaking Dutch officer stay behind? What did he hope to accomplish? He certainly wasn’t going to save the girl’s life single handedly. . . Instead, she was solely responsible for his life. If she would have just shut up and got down everything would have been hunky dory, but no she had to repeatedly insist upon standing up and expose herself, causing him to do the same. Good thing he did not marry her. She refused to pay any attention to his directions. Nothing but trouble.
Nice shot of an O-Boat in the opening scene.
This is January, 1945, eight months before the Japanese surrender. At the same time this operation was taking place, MacArthur’s forces were landing on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
I appreciate this comment.
That Japanese sand bag machine gun bunker is not something they slapped together within the last few hours. It was a permanent position build to block a trail, or serve as a trip wire to give advance warning of an enemy approach.
Loved the free movie.👍💞thanks alot!!
Interestingly the length of their barrels w/ suppressers is double the standard at 16 inches and just so happen to be the same length as the American made semi auto version made as such to comply with laws on barrel length.
I travelled a lot in the eighties, missed this one. Thanks for uploading, I am wiser for it.
A very good parable of war: the heroism, the hypocrisy and the ultimate pointlessness. Top marks.
Great movie
Excellent movie very true to the real deal 🤝 Mel Gibson and Sam Neil great Actors and the Father and Daughter also made for an believe able movie bravo xx.
Little kiddo was Top well
I saw young Mel Gibson .
You are not interested in war but war is interested in you, which an Australian soldier made inhabitants in this island realize.
AMAZING ALMOST EXACT AS LONE SURVIVOR. & thats why you can leave a witness
Really enjoyed. Surprised I missed this one. First time ever seeing Mel so young in his career👍
What about Mad Max? That came out in the late 70's, I think.
@@everready19373 yea 1979 and had tv shows before these also. i remember my parents watching The Sullivans show with him in it.
Some hard deaths in this, from the one we don't see right at the beginning, to the Radio man's face actually going "flat", and then the romance guy just going mid sentence. In the end they are all like the Gov guy, just gone, they did not even look at him when he went down.
All because a plane crashed, it was like a Horror film at points as well as a war movie. Well done.
It is the truth. Nothing glorious. Just tedious, sweat, blood, death, adrenaline (and good training) to get through it and relief when back in garrison.
Did he really kill his own man??
@@sharonlevy9672 Yeah, and he knew it was coming too.
Movie pretty darn good!!! Mel…..pretty darn good!
I wonder why they used American M3 machine guns for this film instead of the Australian Owen. May be because of the suppressor barrel system.
We have the Chechen Z special force’s who rescued JFK and crew from their PTO boat. JFK based our Special Forces on them, Starting with our Green Berate. 🕊💕
Never seen this movie,thanks for uploads
Good to hear that you like this movie! 👍
This is a good film which rises above its 1980's genre. Maybe because the acting is so good. It was great to see Mel Gibson and Sam Neill. Unusual to see sub-machine guns with silencers. This group was supposed to go through the terrain undetected but the giveaway was the trail of dead Japanese.
Oh please. Are you lot paid for these fake reviews or is it a bartering system?
@@PeteNThat not fake - watch it !
Yes , apparently Z force used suppressed Owens, not suppressed M3A1s shown here.
General Douglas MacArthur was the supreme Commander of all the armed forces in the Asian theater British Australia and the American he was a supreme commander of all the armed forces
Chris Haywood who plays Sparrer Bird in this movie is a friend of mine though we have not been in contact now for many years. I believe he has had about 500 or more screen performances. If you have wondered who is in the teddy bear suit for the advertisement for OAK Milk (Australia) that is Chris. Sorry Chris for letting the cat out of the bag, but I cannot forget your voice. All the best. 🙂
Excellente film reproduisant l'entrée de commandos dans une île tenue par les japonais, habitée par les Chinois..
Nous savons ce que les japonais ont fait subir aux Chinois bien avant la 2ème guerre mondiale..
Vive la Chine actuelle et éternelle ♡☆♡☆♡☆♡☆♡☆♡☆
Great movie with a very young Mel Gibson. Enjoyed.
Charles
284 missions? That's almost one mission per week.
This is certainly not from 2022, this movie was made 1982. (The year I started uni, haha) You will see a young Mel Gibson and Sam Neil.
Considering the age, this is a well made movie. It's a little slow, but perfectly watchable. This was made at a shoestring budget in Australia. A welcome change from the string stereotypical movies coming out of the Hollywood movie factory.
I lived in Australia for 15 years, refreshing to hear the Aussie accent, although they put it on a little thick.
I recommend this. If it's too slow for you, just move on.
You mustn't of met real Aussies then. Country Aussies have very thick accents and speak the slang where city slickers are more refined and speak more clearer..
I am from the country and taught the slang and was on a online chat with Americans other Aussies and others from all over the world.
They say my accent is really thick and hard to understand and other Aussies are more clearer. still got accent but not as thick.
Never knew Mel Gibson was in a WW2 film before.
In a WW1 movie too 😀
Fairly good movie with a tragic ending.
Brilliant movie, some minor faults but tells it how was and endorsed by Z force Association. Killing your own injured men, or leaving them behind with a hand grenade/pistol not uncommon (ref World at War Burma). Cannibalism also not uncommon in PNG. A trully brutal all out war.
👍🏼Good One. hope Mel is enjoying Costa Rica👍🏼 10/30/22
Very underrated. Seen it when it was released
Mel Gibson still young during filming this movies attack force
Really good movie. I watched it twice normally something I would never do.
Good film this good cast also.
The Chinese lady shouldn’t have lost the Two dearest people two her,her Dad and Mel Gibson! The Point of Sacrifice was understood without their death 💀
Great action, great movie, but not the ending I was hoping for.
Yeah I also wanted a different ending
Agreed… and everyone’s dead. Mission failed.
They have failed, but they had fight I respect them so much😊
Thanks for sharing it! I always enjoy watching Great Movies though. 👍👌👏
An of course, I'm a subscriber!
Thanks Again Though.
This is nostalgia for me ..
THE CHINESE PEOPLE ARE AN HONORABLE PEOPLE
That mission was what we call a balls up 😂😂 great movie I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
Absolutely a great emotional movie I never thought or knew of this war thank u
You never heard of WWII? There were thousands of Battles never recorded from that war. This is just one covert mission that Sadly apparently failed.
So you a american
Wow! What a great movie. I may have seen this before but cannot remember if or when. Great share, thank you! P.S., based upon actual events... event better.
Right
Confucius say: Man who run through airport turnstiles sideways going to Bangkok...
Very decent movie thumbs up
4:00 According to the English translation, the Japanese officer told his men “ I don't want email". Didn't know that emails already existed during the WWll. Wonder what emails were they using, Micro Soft or Apple 😀😁😂🤣😃😄😅😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Heard of it but this is te first time watching it. I am 50 yers old.
Well if you need a job done send two academy award winners to do a job!
I think this was a brilliant movie 4 a very young Mel Gibson, and shows he was born 2 be an outstanding actor. 👏. Bravo!
Mel Gibson is very 'special' he avoided hollywiered and they shunned him.. Mel is guided by GOD ;;; A beautiful sincere sensitive man . His role in Braveheart was awesome GOD BLESS YOU MEL GIBSON
Yeah its alright ,remember watching it on tv back in the day..
RIP Rolph Baldwin. Original Z Force .I remember you friend.
@@highcountrydelatite oh dear I put the wrong Z unit. Rolph was an Australian capt known as Baldy Baldwin,He was a good friend of my mother he grew up as a child living in the Botanical gardens in Melbourne, as his father was the curator. He had done great stories but never of his involvement in WW2 or Z unit.. We would visit him at Belmont. His house was like a museum.
Mel Gibson 19 and grandpa -kid !
Actually McArthur never had a clue that Z force ever existed.
Probably a good thing....
And you know that how? Anything to show that was the case??
I watched this movie everytime it was played on HBO. Not the greatest war movie ever made but very well done. I'll never forget it.
Thanks OP.
Z Force was an All Arms Military Forces Unit from the Royal Australian Army, Air Force and Navy, Commandos ,yes, but NOT. Special Operations Force ( SOF) , in the sense of the Israel Defense Force ( IDF) Refaim 👻 Unit, consisting of Infantry, Armor, Air Force, Cyberspace , Combat Engineer and Navy Elements.
🧡 Great Movie... 😎
Brilliant
I cringe at the lack of trigger discipline with the weapons
That's a modern military discipline concept.
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Wang Yu is the best
That man just looked like he knew martial arts
Mel looks so cool in this and sam Neil a nerve wracking story
39:58 Check out the captions...the whole war was about digital anonymity 😅
Who doesn’t like Mel he speaks his mind he’s no follow from the land where Kangaroos 🦘 Ruel
Hi there I believe Mel was born in Australia. Just saying.
@@silviajones2383 Born in Peekskill, New York. 1/3/56.
@@blondbowler8776 oh ok thanks for the correction.
Seems like this movie is saying Australians died a lot and achieved little. It's an odd story to reflect military pride. Nevermind our mission objective success did you see how we died? Even executed our own.
thank you for the movie
You're welcome! :)
What an amazing storyline for a war movie!
Yes....thats true
love aussie grit! great movie!
John Phillip Law was awesome in this movie.
Yeah he was sharp and fast in the movie. He was lucky with his Chinese friend otherwise he got be killed
The port moresby was mention Papua New guinea 🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬
谢谢分享，还有中文字幕，我喜欢
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A Chinese Angie Dickinson.
She really does look like a young Angie.
Has youtube gone insane with adds every 5 minutes on all their movies? What for?
Right Uncle. You can trust me. I won’t shoot you until your back is turned.
Great movie with a young Mel Gibson
I actually met some of the old guys that were in the z special unit. Really nice fellas.
Hmmm
A brutal killer tho
Neither are Australian.