Ambush

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Ambush

R,

2023,

1h 44m,

War/

Action

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Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Vikings) star in this intense, gritty and action-packed Vietnam War epic. When a small outpost is ambushed, a US Army squad must take the battle below ground on a high-stakes mission in a new type of warfare the likes of which they have never seen.

Phil Hoad

Guardian

Feb 27, 2023

2/5

It’s a bit sad that director Mark Burman needed two other writers to turn out this perfunctorily handled heap of metal-fatigued tropes.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

Feb 24, 2023

“Ambush” has the structure of an old-fashioned two-fisted combat picture, but with too little actual combat.

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Todd Gilchrist

Variety

Feb 24, 2023

Smarter and more entertaining than one might expect from a small-scale, outwardly familiar story like this, “Ambush” feels like a throwback — mostly in a good way — to the ‘Namsploitation films that companies like Cannon churned out in the 1980s,

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Mar 3, 2023

C+

Unimpressive low-budget cliched Vietnam war film.

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Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

Feb 26, 2023

8.5/10

Ambush doesn’t revolutionize the Nam movie experience, but it’s impressively staged with action scenes that work within the budget while leaning heavily on its cast to tell an engaging and unique story.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

Feb 25, 2023

3/5

Despite a creaky plot setup and a small budget, this Vietnam War story delivers commentary on the hypocrisy of war while still respecting the people who risk their lives to fight.

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Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Vikings) star in this intense, gritty and action-packed Vietnam War epic. When a small outpost is ambushed, a US Army squad must take the battle below ground on a high-stakes mission in a new type of warfare the likes of which they have never seen.

Director: Mark Earl Burman
Producer: Mark Earl Burman
Screenwriter: Mark Earl Burman, Johnny Lozano, Michael McClung
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: BurningBull SPFX, Splendid Film, Buffalo 8 Productions, Jaguar Bite, Dark Mark Productions, BondIt Media Capital, ADME Studios
Rating: R (Some Bloody Images|Language|Violence)
Genre: War, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 24, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 24, 2023
Runtime: 1h 44m

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