Attack Force Z
Mel Gibson blasting his way to hell and back
Tim Burstall directs then-up-and-comers Mel Gibson and Sam Neill in this action-packed Cannes Film Festival selection about the grim realities of World War II, a gritty drama based on actual events. Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific, Capt. P.G. Kelly (Gibson) and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the secret to peace.
- Year: 1982
- Country: Australia, Taiwan
- Genre: War, Action
- Studio: Fauna Productions, Central Motion Picture Corporation, Australian Film Commission, John McCallum Productions
- Keyword: mission, submarine, world war ii, airplane crash, commando, pacific theater, 1940s
- Director: Tim Burstall
- Cast: John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Chris Haywood, Sylvia Chang, Ko Chun-Hsiung
