Product Details

• Actors: John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Chris Haywood, John Waters (III)
• Directors: Tim Burstall
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Music Video Distribu
• VHS Release Date: March 12, 1999
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000F0YJ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #324,077 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WW2 Commando Raid on Japanese held territory., January 24, 2007

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Seen Them All "Ace Movie Critic !!" (SoCal Desert) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Attack Force Z (DVD)

This is a pretty good WW2 action flick with very young actors Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, and John Phillip Law. A group of commandos must infiltrate Japanese territory and find a downed airplane with a Japanese Peace Deligation aboard and get the men to safety. They are helped by the local populace. Lots of action and overall a pretty good story. Based on the real exploits of the WW2 commandos who raided behind enemy lines in the Pacific and whose full story is yet to be told.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Early Mel Gibson and Sam Neill movie., August 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Attack Force Z [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It's interesting to watch the very young looking Mel Gibson and Sam Neill play second fiddle to fading actor John Phillip Law in this low budget war film. I loved this movie as a kid when it was shown repeatedly on HBO. Afterall, it's essentially a boy's war movie: elite Allied commandoes on a suicide mission behind enemy lines. Think "Guns of Navarone" with Australians vs. the Japanese and minus Germans, big guns, and a big budget. "Attack Force Z" is pretty much a GRADE B movie; but boys and action fans will probably still love it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OVERALL SCORE: (A-), December 31, 2003

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Pequegnat (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Attack Force Z [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is an extremely enjoyable move, great action, good acting, and pretty realistic Special Operation in scope and detail. This is not a film with great hidden meaning, no surrealistic essay or religious allegory, no stunning and profound cinematic portraits, just a fun action movie!

OVERALL SCORE: (A-)
PLOT: (B-), CHARATERS: (B+), DIALOGUE: (B-), SETTING: (A-), ACTION/COMBAT: (A-), ANTAGONISTS: (B), ROMANCE: (B-),AGE LEVEL: (PG13)