Attack Force Z

Attack Force Z
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Directed by	Tim Burstall
Screenplay by	Roger Marshall
Produced by	Lee Robinson
Starring	John Phillip Law Mel Gibson Sam Neill Chris Haywood John Waters Koo Chuan Hsiung Sylvia Chang O Ti
Cinematography	Hung-Chung Lin
Edited by	David Stiven
Music by	Eric Jupp
Production companies	John McCallum Productions Central Motion Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Roadshow Film Distributors
Release date	June 1, 1982 (1982-06-01)
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	Australia Taiwan
Language	English
Box office	$88,000 (Australia)

Attack Force Z (alternatively titled The Z Men)^[1] is a 1982 Australian-Taiwanese^[2] World War II film directed by Tim Burstall. It is loosely based on actual events and was filmed in Taiwan in 1979. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 1981.

The film is noted for starring Mel Gibson and Sam Neill, who were relatively unknown in the US at the time but who went on to become international stars. The plot concerns Captain P.G. Kelly (Gibson), who leads a team from the elite Z Special Unit against the Empire of Japan during the Second World War. The film fictionalises the exploits of the Z Special Unit, which was also known as Z Force. It was a joint Australian, British and New Zealand commando unit. Its main brief was to conduct reconnaissance and sabotage missions throughout Japanese-occupied Southeast Asia.