Attack Force Z
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.
Director: Tim Burstall
Actors: Chris Haywood, John Phillip Law, John Waters, Ko Chun-Hsiung, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Sylvia Chang, Val Champion, Yi Yuan