fivekc Make no bones about it, this film is TERRIBLE. Everything about the making and production of this film has been shockingly misjudged.For the first 30 minutes of this Boll tries to make you fell empathy for the character's bleak situation for what lies ahead, but instead it just irritates you as the characters are all paper-thin and the dialogue is terrible. As the film progresses it becomes more and more silly, and is riddled with historical and tactical inaccuracies, which really make you think he should have read a bit more into the background of the actual tunnel rat units in Vietnam. At some point it almost borders on insult towards Americans in its ridiculous and unsentimental portrayal of its fighting men.If like me, you watched this film hoping for insight into this fascinating aspect of fighting in the Vietnam war, I suggest instead you read Mangold & Penycate's Tunnels of CuChi, its what Boll should have done.

dmuel Uwe Boll, previously a purveyor of "torture porn", has suddenly decided to try his hand at a war movie. This one's titled 1968 Tunnel Rats, presumably because his viewing fans, (of which there are several in these pages), would then have some idea of when the Vietnam war occurred. The "story", such as it is, revolves around a platoon of American soldiers who are on a search and destroy mission. They uncover some Viet Cong underground tunnels in the jungle and, in the process of reconnoitering, many die horrible deaths. This is where Mr. Boll's previous film experience comes in handy, and thus the description of some viewers here as "intense". Actually it's simply poorly staged screen violence, the main attraction of Boll's previous film efforts, and there's little else that adds interest to the movie. One of the worst Vietnam war movies ever made.

thinker1691 There are many occupations one might chose while in the Military, being a Tunnel Rat in Viet-Nam is not one of the favorites. Having served in Viet-Nam, I will say, blunt admiration went out from the members of our platoon and little disrespect was ever shown to those who survived. This film is called " Tunnel Rats " and brings to the fore, the thankless but courageous job these men did. I suspect the director's intent was to show the dramatic, dangerous and often suicidal missions these specialist were sent to accomplish. Filming both sides of the conflict, the camera also offered the Vietnamese' struggles against the Americans. From what there is to see, the soldiers on both sides engage in brutal and terrifying face to face combat with split-second reactions at every meeting. Michael Pare is supposedly a Lt. but listed as a Sargent in the film and with his men is dropped into the jungles with a search and destroy mission. Once inside the black maze-like underground environment, life takes on a nightmarish and hellish life of its own. Only the actual combat soldier who survives the encounters could ever reveal what it's like to be scared every second beneath the natural cemetery. A good film, but difficult to follow as most of the action is filmed in the dark. Despite it being a bit inaccurate, its worthwhile watching. ***

jp_zuriel I realize that, being an American, I may not be the most objective about this... but really! This movie made the American troops look like bumbling, cruel, calloused idiots vs. the gentile, peace-loving, well trained VC. I am a veteran, and having been to war and understand the reality of the fact that both sides are human. I also understand that America is not always right. Even allowing for those things I cant give any credit here for an attempt at accuracy. There was nothing objective about the clear anti-American bias in this movie. If you enjoy watching American soldiers die then you may like this movie... This is a horrible movie about a horrible war...