DANGER CLOSE Review: An Historic Look Into Battling The Odds On All Sides
You look at the world’s history and at some point you think that all the stories that need to be told about war and the soldiers who’ve fought them have been. History says differently, and certainly from the perspective of director Kriv Stenders who returns with Danger Close, an eye-opening and dramatic tale about a company of soldiers on the edge of death amidst heavy firefighting, aiding the South Vietnamese against the Northern military in 1966. Written by Stuart Beattie, Danger Close opens with a soaring view of the battlefield heavily fogged down as soliders tread a vast field for the film’s opening. The story sees Major Harry Smith (Travis Fimmel) and Sergeant Bob Buick (Luke Bracey) setting out with their men into the jungles of Long Tan in search of where a mortar attack was launched on their basecamp the evening prior. Having split into teams of three, Smith’s […]
