Tunnel Rats
Cast & Crew
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Director
Uwe Boll -
Writer
Dan Clarke -
Writer
Uwe Boll
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Private Samuel Graybridge
Brandon Fobbs -
Private Jonathan Porterson
Garikayi Mutambirwa -
Sergeant Vic Hollowborn
Michael Paré -
Private Jim Lidford
Nate Parker
Synopsis
Genre: Action
The year is 1967. American troops are making their way through the jungle of the Cu Chi District of Vietnam. The opposing Viet Cong have developed an uncanny ability to blend into the surrounding terrain. The jungle is riddled with traps. Snipers appear from nowhere and vanish just as quickly. The key to the Vietnamese strategy turns out to be a vast network of tunnels stretching beneath the jungle. As a group of new recruits arrive at a remote jungle camp, they soon learn that their mission will be anything but routine. A tunnel entrance has been discovered and they must confront the enemy in an attempt to find information that will give them an advantage in an increasingly difficult war. The Vietnamese that inhabit the tunnel are faced with an equally grim task. By resorting to primitive, but ingenious methods of combat, the Vietnamese have proven to be surprisingly effective against the American’s superior technology. When the battle moves underground, our group of young Americans and Vietnamese face unspeakable horrors. Survival becomes increasingly unlikely, as both sides fight to further the cause of a war that neither asked for.
Latest Updates
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Variety review of 1968 Tunnel Rats
Published on: July 21, 2008
Variety has posted a review of Uwe Boll's '1968 Tunnel Rats'. The film marks a departure from Uwe's past project since Tunnel Rats is not based on a video game. The film follows a special US combat unit is sent out to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers. Variety describes the film as well crafted.
"...Aptly tense and discomfiting, pic doesn't provide easy ammo for Boll haters..."
Read the full review here.
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Tunnel Rats to screen at Fantasia Film Festival
Published on: June 16, 2008
Fangoria has announced that 'Tunnel Rats' will be screening at the 12th annual Fantasia Film Festival taking place from July 3-21 in Montreal. With over 100 genre films, it is the largest festival of it's kind in North America.
See what other films will screen here.
Visit the official Fantasia Film Festival site.
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Tunnel Rats to Screen at Another Hole in the Head
Published on: June 4, 2008
The 5th Annual Hole in the Head Horror Film festival will begin June 5th and run until the 22nd. The festival takes place in San Fransisco. Tunnel Rats, directed by Uwe Boll, the film is about 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.
Find out more at SF Indie, or read the Hole in the Head bllog.
