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Director:
Writers:
Uwe Boll (screenplay)
Dan Clarke (story)
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Release Date:
13 March 2009 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Hell Is For Heroes
Plot:
During the Vietnam War [1959-1975] a special US combat unit is sent out to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers in a man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of Vietnam. Suicide squads of a special kind. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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(22 articles)
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Uwe throws a new spin on Viet Nam with a low budget but a fun plot vehicle more (38 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Michael Paré ... Sergeant Vic Hollowborn

Wilson Bethel ... Corporal Dan Green

Mitch Eakins ... Private Peter Harris

Erik Eidem ... Private Carl Johnson

Brandon Fobbs ... Private Samuel Graybridge

Jane Le ... Vo Mai

Scott Ly ... Huy Tran
Rocky Marquette ... Private Terence Verano
Garikayi Mutambirwa ... Private Jonathan Porterson

Nate Parker ... Private Jim Lidford

Brad Schmidt ... Sgt. Mike Heaney

Jeffrey Christopher Todd ... Private Bob Miller

John Wynn ... Nguyen Van Chien
Adrian Collins ... Private Dean Garraty

Scott Cooper ... Private Joseph Walderson
Toufeeq Adonis ... VC Soldier
Shih Jou-An ... Vietnamese girl
Devan 'Yankee' Liang ... Vietnamese boy
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Directed by
Uwe Boll 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Uwe Boll  screenplay
Dan Clarke  story (as Daniel Clarke)

Produced by
Uwe Boll .... executive producer
Dan Clarke .... producer (as Daniel Clarke)
Frederic Demey .... associate producer
Chris Roland .... producer
Jonathan Shore .... associate producer
Jonathan Shore .... co-producer
Matthias Triebel .... associate producer
Shawn Williamson .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Jessica de Rooij 
 
Cinematography by
Mathias Neumann 
 
Film Editing by
Karen Porter 
 
Casting by
Sunday Boling 
Meg Morman 
 
Production Design by
Sylvain Gingras 
 
Makeup Department
Thommy Opatz .... special makeup effects artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Taryn Collister .... second assistant director
Matthew Janion .... third assistant director
Bryan C. Knight .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Clive Pollick .... construction coordinator
Elaine Seidel .... head scenic
 
Sound Department
Jochen Engelke .... sound re-recording mixer
Wolfgang Herold .... sound supervisor
Ailke Jockers .... sound post coordinator
Manuel Karakas .... mix editor
Manuel Karakas .... sound editor
Annika Krieger .... sound post coordinator
Peter Roik .... foley artist
Max Wanko .... sound designer
Max Wanko .... supervising sound editor
F.A. Wollner .... dialogue editor
 
Special Effects by
Olaf Ittenbach .... special effects makeup
Claudia Schwind .... special effects makeup
Antony Stone .... pyrotechnician
Antony Stone .... special effects coordinator
 
Visual Effects by
Stefanie Boose .... visual effects producer: Image Engine
Josh Cole .... lead compositor: Image Engine
Robin Hackl .... visual effects supervisor: Image Engine
John Haddon .... lead research and development programmer: Image Engine
Giles Hancock .... digital matte painter: Image Engine
Bernhard Kimbacher .... digital artist: Image Engine
Lucio Moser .... software developer: Image Engine
Peter Muyzers .... visual effects production manager: Image Engine
Jason Navarro .... systems engineer: Image Engine
Geoff Richardson .... compositor: Image Engine
Blair Tennessy .... pipeline engineer: Image Engine
Jayme Vandusen .... compositor: Image Engine
Shawn Walsh .... visual effects executive producer: Image Engine
Mark Williams .... senior research and development programmer: Image Engine
James McPhail .... digital effects artist (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Dermot Brogan .... stunt performer
Francois Grobbelaar .... stunt performer
Paul Hampshire .... assistant stunt coordinator
Dan Hurst .... stunt coordinator (as Daniel Hirst)
Tristan Lee Son .... stunt performer
Andrew McKenzie .... fight choreographer
Andrew McKenzie .... stunt coordinator
Mick 'Stuntie' Milligan .... stunts
Benny Ou .... stunt performer
Antony Stone .... stunt coordinator
 
Casting Department
Bonnie Lee Bouman .... casting director: Johannesburg
 
Editorial Department
Kate Kroll .... post-production coordinator
Lauren Mainland .... trainee assistant editor
Thor Roos .... digital film colorist
Aisla Webster .... post-production coordinator
Kelly Wong .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Peter Fuchs .... score recording engineer
 
Other crew
Karyn Edwards .... legal counsel
Dan Hurst .... boot camp instructor (as Daniel Hirst)
Margo MacPherson .... assistant to executive producer
Sean Seguin .... supervising accountant
Olly Steele .... armorer
William Wanstrom .... publicist
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
1968 Tunnel Rats (USA) (new title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong war violence and language.
Runtime:
92 min
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Trivia:
Won a Golden Raspberry Award despite being released in only one theatre in the United States: Worst Director for Uwe Boll (also for In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) and Postal (2007)). more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The small American base camp depicted is set in heavy jungle terrain without the ability to see it's own perimeters. This would be fine if this was during WWII in the Pacific, to hide from Japanese aircraft. But in Vietnam the jungle would have been cleared with "kill zones" in place for camp defenders. Outer and inner multiple barbed wire fences would be around the perimeter of the camp. This defensive construction strategy would prevent such a surprise invasion attack as portrayed in the film. more

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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
Uwe throws a new spin on Viet Nam with a low budget but a fun plot vehicle, 8 July 2009
6/10
Author: dilbertsuperman from Baghdad

I've seen a lot of 'Nam flicks but I can't really remember one that covered the tunnel rats so well and in such detail. The acting is a bit uneven and the budget is obviously very low, however if you overlook this and simply enjoy a new twist on a Viet Nam tale this winds up coming out OK and watchable. I enjoyed the tunnel scenes the most, the feeling of claustrophobia and some interesting booby traps. With a bigger budget you could really flesh this movie out but instead we get the bare bones and those aren't bad either. Not anywhere on the same level as Platoon or Apocalypse Now or Full Metal Jacket, but it can be fun watch if you are in the mood for something different with the occasional decent gore scene. Some of the actors need to be slapped for calling themselves actors in this movie, but overall there were several decent moments.

PLOT: the underground maze of tunnels in Viet Nam is the monster in this movie.. our boys are trying to beat it.. but the tunnels are hungry.. down they go, but do they get to make it back up to the daylight and get back home? Several perils await as the men get split up and picked off by the Viet Cong.

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