Posts Tagged ‘Ray Meagher’

ANZAC Day Filmographic Tribute – The Odd Angry Shot

Movies | Posted by Dean
Apr 25 2011

ANZAC Day filmographic tribute

ANZAC Day filmographic tribute


A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew.

ANZAC Day Filmographic Tribute – Breaker Morant

Movies | Posted by Dean
Apr 25 2011

ANZAC Day filmographic tribute

ANZAC Day filmographic tribute


During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war. The trial does not progress as smoothly as expected by the General Staff, as the defence puts up a strong fight in the courtroom.