Attack Force Z

Attack Force Z alternatively titled The Z Men is a 1982 AustralianTaiwanese international coproductionWorld War II film, directed by Tim Burstall. It is loosely based on an actual event that took place during World War II, and was shot in Taiwan in 1979. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival onMay 1981.

Captain P.G. Kelly Gibson leads a team from the elite Z Special Unit. Z Special Unit often known as Z Force, was a joint Australian, British and New Zealand commando unit, which saw action against the Empire of Japan during World War II. Its main brief was for reconnaissance and sabotage, today its role is taken by the Special Air Service Squadrons of Australia and New Zealand respectively.In the Straits of Sembaleng, five men are dispatched by submarine in Klepper canoes to rescue survivors of a shotdown plane on a nearby island which is occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army. Led by Paul Kelly Gibson, an inexperienced commando officer, the team secretly lands on the island and hides their kayaks. As they venture in land, Ted Kingo King is hit by fire from an unseen machine gun post, the team quickly eliminates the Japanese defenders and return to their wounded comrade. King has been hit on the leg, the bullet smashing his kneecap. King cannot be allowed to fall into enemy hands and compromise the mission under interrogation, and after sharing a cigarette with him, Costello shoots him. The four remaining men return to their search, coming across a rice farmer they learn of the area in which the plane crashed. The rice farmer is also killed in order to preserve secrecy. ........

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