The Odd Angry Shot

1979

Action / Comedy / War

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 79% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 1415 1.4K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Tom Jeffrey Photo
Tom Jeffrey

Top cast

Ray Meagher Photo
Ray Meagher as Range Corporal
Bryan Brown Photo
Bryan Brown as Rogers
John Jarratt Photo
John Jarratt as Bill
Tony Barry Photo
Tony Barry as Black Ronnie
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843.31 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 1
1.53 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by PeterM27 6 / 10

Not perfect, but one of very few Australian films on the Vietnam War

This was Australia's only film about our involvement the Vietnam War until 2012, when The Sapphires appeared, followed by Danger Close in 2019.Made in 1979, it follows a group of conscripts from Sydney to the Mekong Delta and watches them patrol, drink beer, engage the enemy, drink more beer, gamble, grumble, gambol, drink, watch friends die, and occasionally wonder what it's all for.Though the cast includes famous names such as Bryan Brown, John Hargeaves, John Jarratt and Graeme Blundell, it is comedian Graham Kennedy who steals the show as the wisecracking NCO on his second tour. He provides the MASH-type quips as well as thoughtful commentary on the war.Overall, the script is a bit obvious and the action sequences are a bit on the low-budget side (with quite a few locations looking distinctly Australian and a few too many gum trees).The movie pales in comparison with American depictions of the war, with neither the wit of MASH (ostensibly set in the Korean War, but with much to say on America's involvement in Vietnam as well) nor the powerful criticism of Apocalypse Now nor the grit of Platoon.However, the movie does have its moments: it captures the distinctly Australian mateship element of our soldiers and provides our only cinematic depiction of this important event which divided Australian society in the 1960s and 1970s. As such it is well worth seeing, despite its limitations.
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Reviewed by petelowery 8 / 10

William Nagle was NOT a yank

William (Bill, in the film) Nagle, author of the book is listed in "Sleeping with your ears open" (I think) as a Member of A Squadron SASR and credited as the writer of The Odd Angry Shot.

He wasn't yankee special forces, he was an Aussie digger.

As for the weapon handling... don't forget, they had "a soldiers five" on how to use a sub cal SLR or M16, then had to film it! Tactics, spacing etc... When you have to fit 3-5 actors into a single shot, they need to be a bit too close for tactical purposes.... Even Andy McNab admitted this about the filming of Bravo 20.

Budget?.... Meh.... Pfft! I don't reckon it was supposed to achieve as much success as it actually did. A big budget might've turned it into a hack Hollywood epic with famous last stands and bayonet charges to justify the expense.... That would have ruined the brilliant result.

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