Action Flick Chick

Posted By Action Flick Chick on July 1, 2009

Tunnel Rats is a very surprising movie. It’s like opening your door to a naked guy selling clothes. You’re just so surprised you don’t know what to do except buy some.  Tunnel Rats is set during the Vietnam War and focuses on soldiers specially trained to go into the Viet Cong’s underground tunnels and kill the enemy and then destroy the tunnel, thus their name, tunnel rats.

Tunnel Rats will open your eyes to the brutality of war, especially the Vietnam War. It is a very serious movie that does not sugarcoat anything. Well, of course it doesn’t, it’s a war movie, plus Uwe Boll produced, directed, and wrote it. I, for one, like to learn about history, so this movie was fascinating. It seems to be pretty accurate from what I have read about the Vietnam War. The underground tunnels were rigged with all kinds of booby traps. And, as if you weren’t paranoid enough about the booby traps, the enemy could be waiting for you around any turn or in a special hiding place ready to take you out. Tunnel Rats captures it all. As far as the action goes, it is very slow starting off. It doesn’t really pick up until an hour into the film, but they are exploring tunnels. So hang in there, it does eventually pick up. If you like war movies or learning about history, this would be a great one for you. It’s brutally honest. I didn’t know what to think as I was watching the film. I was more in shock than anything else; but the more I think about it, the more I like it.

Action Rating: 2 Tunnel Rats, out of 5.

I have received extra copies of Tunnel Rats that I’ll be giving away on the site. Stay tuned to learn how you can get your free copy.

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Tags: action, Boll, Dan Clarke, Erik Eidem, Michael Paré, Mitch Eakins, R-rated, strong language, Tunnel Rats, Uwe Boll, Viet Cong, Vietnam War, violence, war, Wilson Bethel