From controversial director Uwe Boll comes a film that takes you beyond the battle lines. The year is 1967. American troops are making their way through the jungle of the Cu Chi District of Vietnam. 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. Tunnel Rats is a stunning, no holds barred journey into the darkest chapter of the Vietnam War (or so they say) arriving on DVD June 30.
Never before has a film featured a story about the tunnels beneath the jungle of Vietnam. Tunnel Rats takes on a fresh look on the Vietnam War and presents a starkly realistic portrayal. LA Weekly hails Tunnel Rats as “Boll’s best film to date”, Efilmcritic calls it “impressively uncompromising” and gives it four stars.
Starring Michael Paré, Tunnel Rats received its US theatrical debut in a prestigious Los Angeles film festival retrospective.
Synopsis: In Tunnel Rats a special US combat unit is sent on a mission to search and destroy Viet Cong resistance forces in the endless networks of tunnels in the jungles of Vietnam. Armed with only handguns, flashlights and knives the men soon find themselves embroiled in hand- to-hand combat. As the battle moves underground, for both sides, the struggle becomes less about winning than about survival.
I can't believe this guy is still making films. Oddly enough though, his films are so bad you just can't help but to watch them just to see how bad they are. I often wonder if he does this on purpose to attract the attention of the film going public. Making all these bad films does get his name out there.
He knows he isn't the greatest director out there but he plays up the media so well (offering to box his critics?!?!). But I wouldn't say he realizes how terrible he is. Basically Uwe is our generations Ed Wood. They both made terrible films with shoestring budgets and carry the 'so bad I have to watch' tag. What amazes me the most is these companies keep fronting the money to make and distribute his films, none of them do very well.
Boll isnt the best director in the world but tunnel rats is quite interesting. Maybe he should stop making video game adaptations and doing films just like this one. His passion is his motive. It is explained in the german documentation 'Visiting Uwe'. Its got english subtitles. I think i can understand his passion better now but his movies are still bad.
Inksb, he funds the movies himself through his own company and exploits loopholes in German tax law (or something). The films then make a killing on the international DVD market because (and this is the really amazing thing) we keep watching them. God help us all.
This movie surprisingly looks like it might be a fresh idea on the war topic. I already pre-ordered a copy from Amazon http://bit.ly/DVDTunnelRats
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