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.
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Should have pumped cyanide down those tunnels or mustard gas. Screw sending men in there to be killed.
I know. You would think there would have been a better method than sending guys down in the tunnels. It was a suicide mission and the movie reflected that.
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In response to Tim, the reason that Americans would not pump chemicals down there is because we had agreed not to conduct chemical warfare according to the Geneva Conventions (humanity in war and all that), this as a result of the events in WWI where chemical agents were used widely to target ground forces. Furthermore, the underground facilities were not just used to house Vietcong. Often times there were many civilians living down there alongside soldiers, which complicated the political ramifications of choosing that course of action. Unfortunately, American nobility will always cost American lives in war.
As for Uwe Boll, very shocked that he could ever make something passable after the travesties he has unleashed on national audiences. Don’t know if I’ll ever watch this, but it’s nice to know there is something redeeming about the man. 😛
The black hawks shown on the cover of the movie were first flown in 1974.
this movie sucked …
Holy Cats! So, THIS is the flick that keeps popping up on cable that I’ve been ignoring? Well… I may need to toss away two hours next time I see it on…