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The Odd Angry Shot
“In Vietnam, the name of the game is survival.”
6.1 / 10• 1979• 1h 32m•NR• English
WarActionComedy
Storyline
A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew.
Cast & Crew
Graham Kennedy
Harry
Lead
John Hargreaves
Bung
John Jarratt
Bill
Bryan Brown
Rogers
Graeme Blundell
Dawson
Richard Moir
Medic
PD
Peter Drouyn
Sergeant Johnson
Ian Gilmour
Scott
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tom Jeffrey's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Odd Angry Shot is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
