Watched this movie at 11yrs old, and for a youngster who ran around in the woods of southeast Alabama playing "WAR" it was one of my favorites. Typical mission orientated film, starting off well until "MURPHY'S LAW" takes effect. Then it's on like donkey Kong to not only try and complete the mission, but to also survive in the process. It was good enough that my father joined me the second time I watched it and that made it even more special to me. As young as I was, it never occurred to me that Mel Gibson and Sam Neil starred in this movie until many many years later. My father was a US ARMY veteran and our discussions on the suppressed "grease guns" and other weapons and tactics were rememberable and hold a place in my heart. Can't say that it had any affect whatsoever to me becoming a US MARINE seven years later but I have always remembered this movie, simply because of the time spent with my father watching it. The "contact" scenes were entertaining, although lacking the special effects of other movies of this time and future followers. What can one expect at that time frame and for what appeared to be a mediocre budget. I can say this though; from this point on, in my future rolls of special forces war games in our local woods, my weapon of choice was a Volkswagen beetle car jack, which if anyone knows what these are, it closely resembles the "grease gun" style weapons used by the men of Attack Force Z, and I was the only one that had one...lol...I would own this movie if I could figure out how, so that I could watch it many more times, with my two sons. I also believe it would be entertaining for anyone in that similar situation... of course, there was no "CALL OF DUTY", "PLAYSTATION", "X-BOX" in those days, we did all of that in our little stretch of woods, with real camo and real friends that we talked to without headsets sitting in a chair... so, yes, I give it 7 out of 10, and we watched it, again and again because we had imagination and a spirit of play that has long left children of these days. SEMPER FI!
Review of Attack Force Z
