Ambush

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Ambush

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Released Feb 24, 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.

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

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

Rated: 2/5

Feb 27, 2023

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

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

Feb 24, 2023

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Todd Gilchrist

Variety

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,

Feb 24, 2023

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Unimpressive low-budget cliched Vietnam war film.

Rated: C+

Mar 3, 2023

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Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

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.

Rated: 8.5/10

Feb 26, 2023

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

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.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 25, 2023

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Simon T

I know nothing about military insignia, who reports to whom, etc, however, what I am familiar with is a good vs a bad movie and good vs bad acting. This movie was awful on both counts. One redeeming quality - Jonathan Rhys Meyers, that's it and he couldn't save this disaster.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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FlyMachine O

Cliche, unsophisticated, pretentious, lacking depth, and evidently low budget. Very little if any military accuracy. This movie was more like a tediously long episode of a 90s action TV show. If not for the two leading actors I would totally ignore this as tripe in the first 5 minutes, despite my love for war films, I kept thinking it will get better, it never does. Don’t watch this for any reason other than curiosity. Possibly the worst mainstream war movie ever made I’m actually annoyed.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/09/25

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Joe W

I love the shots taken at the Marine Corps outdoor Air Museum in San Diego. There was nothing militarily correct in this time suck.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/25

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George V

Could only stand about 5 or 6 minutes. Hard to distinguish if it’s drama or comedy. If it’s comedy it still can’t touch Tropic Thunder. If it’s drama, well then that’s just sad.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/22/25

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Steven M

I stopped watching it five minutes in when they had a corporal in charge of a fire base

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/12/25

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Barry B

How many ways can you make a terrible Vietnam war movie? Watch this movie and find out. A Lt. Colonel (“LTC”) wearing full Colonel Eagles instead of silver oak leaf (not to mention rank insignia not cloth or subdued and worn on chest instead of blouse collar), a LTC calling a captain (lower rank) “sir”; saluting at a forward combat base, etc. The actors are not good but it’s the script and dialogue that is terrible. The premise (classified documents stolen) is pretty pathetic. Continued watching it so I could see how many inaccuracies it contains.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/11/25

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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: Jaguar Bite, BurningBull SPFX, ADME Studios, Buffalo 8 Productions, Splendid Film, BondIt Media Capital, Dark Mark Productions
Rating: R (Violence|Some Bloody Images|Language)
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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