Attack Force Z
1981 · 1 h 24 min
Tim BurstallCast
John Phillip Law 
Mel Gibson 
Sam Neill 
Chris Haywood 
John Waters Chun Ku
Credits
Written by: Roger Marshall
Plot
Sent to rescue survivors from a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, an Allied commando team finds a secret and a Japanese patrol.
Sinekatalog’s take
Tim Burstall's Australian war film, with Mel Gibson and Sam Neill, is lean, with a young cast.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.4 / 10 (3,226 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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