Review Of Ambush Film, American Heroism In Vietnam's Failed War To Appear Memukau

War film, Ambush

JAKARTA - Films set in war, Ambush will hit Indonesian cinemas starting February 24. The film, directed by Mark Burman, follows a challenging mission through which US Army troops fought against the Vietkong army in 1966.

Ambush fully tells the story from the point of view of the United States. It is said that the posts of US soldiers are scattered at various points in the Vietnamese forest.

The film begins with a scene where General Drummond (played by Aaron Eckhart) assigns Captain Mora (played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers) to secure packet classified documents containing intelligence information about Vietkong. The secret package was sent via a small post guarded by young US soldiers or a copral level.

Captain Mora was worried that the document escaped observations considering that the small post was only filled with young soldiers he considered less deftent. At first, the package was finally safe in the hands of Captain Mora. However, immediately the small post was ambushed by Vietkong soldiers who suddenly appeared and their movements were not realized by the US soldiers. Obviously, Vietkong is eyeing the classified documents and managed to steal them from Captain Mora.

Knowing the documents were missing, General Drummond also urged Captain Mora to retake from Vietkong's hands. With a limited deadline, young soldiers from small posts were deployed to trace the underground alleys where Vietkong was based, led by CorporalACKerman (played by

Young soldiers are clearly described that they do not have qualified combat skills, let alone Acterman whose whereabouts have been doubtful Captain Mora. Acterman is a technician who only relies on his knowledge of designing a map. Although not deftly lifting a weapon, ACKerman's role has turned critical considering he has agile knowledge in studying the geographical location and undergroundlain that becomes a battlefield.

US troops do not have specific protocols for carrying out underground battles, while missions are increasingly urgent and Vietkong soldiers are moving swiftly from the underground path they have built themselves.

In the midst of that challenge, Acterman is faced with the question of whether he and other young soldiers are just pawns. Because the mission seems to have a more successful success rate if experienced soldiers are deployed. While the more senior army is just fighting on land that doesn't deal much with attacks from Vietkong.

In the end, Acterman also managed to fulfill his mission, not solely for the sake of the US soldiers or Captain Mora, but for the sake of his friends who had died and were left in the basement. The mission was successful even though Acterman had to accept the harsh reality at the end of the trip.

Quoted from ANTARA, the Ambush film actually has interesting capital in terms of story ideas. Even though it is fictional, this film is at least trying to shoot a group of soldiers in the Vietnam War which is not recorded in the big history sheet. Unfortunately, Ambush is not well worked on so many holes' here and there that the audience will realize.

Simple plots in films are not a problem. In fact, this can be a ammunition' to be able to present the best viewing experience. Ambus really focused on pursuing how the efforts the soldiers deployed to get the secret documents.

Unfortunately, the ending of the selected story is not clear enough motivation to drive it. Not only the character of Acterman who is desperate and feels hopeless at the end of the story, the audience may feel that way, despite the encouraging words conveyed by General Drummond.

In addition to the key characters that have been mentioned, Ambush displays many faces of other characters whose names may not have been so memorable in the audience's memory. Acterman himself lost one by one his comrades in arms. The characters of these young soldiers are unfortunately not developed more maturely. Even the relationship between Captain Mora and General Drummond, where the two go back and forth on a fight over a telephone line, actually has great potential to be explored further.

Likewise, the movement of the camera and background music is a little disappointing. At some point, the scene shift is a bit rough or seem to be in a hurry, although not entirely. The recurrence of background music in tense scenes is also less able to build an ambience or atmosphere that should be able to be a one-sature for the film itself.

Even so, as an entertainment, Ambush still deserves to be enjoyed. The presentation of the atmosphere of war in the forests of the Vietnam War era, plus the atmosphere of tension in the minimal light underground halls, became an advantage offered by Ambush.

For those of you who enjoy war films, Ambush can be one of the shows that can be used as an option this year. Although it looks polong' here and there, this 104-minute film features intense scenes and conversations that are no less tense and terrible in the midst of the interest of the war atmosphere.