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Sick Product of a Sick System
FeistyUpper
If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
Crwthod
A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.
Leofwine_draca
THE SIEGE OF FIREBASE GLORIA is a little-known Vietnam War flick, Australian-made and shot in the Philippines by cult director Brian Trenchard-Smith, a man best known for making low rent action spectacle including THE MAN FROM HONG KONG and TURKEY SHOOT. This one tells the story of the Tet Offensive, in which the Vietcong rose up to attack many American bases, and focuses on the small-scale siege of a poorly-defended base occupied by the excellent R. Lee Ermey and his men. Ermey really acts his socks off here and brings to life the heart and soul of the picture. The film offers an explosion of endless violence and edge-of-the-seat action scenes in which the realism is key and the bloodshed extraordinarily grisly at times. Trenchard-Smith is at home both shooting the vibrant fire fights as well as eliciting strong tough guy performances from his key cast members, not least Wings Hauser who has also never been better than he is here. Watch out for DIRTY HARRY regular Albert Popwell as a tough-guy sergeant fleshing out the testosterone-packed cast.
stvmath
This film is quite a nice surprise for fans of war movies. R. Lee Ermey gives a truly sympathetic and tough-as-nails performance. The action scenes are top-notch (and who would expect anything less from Ozploitation director Brian Trenchard-Smith?) It is hard not to love this little flick. The DVD from Amazon is manufactured on demand - ripped from a VHS. The quality is a lot better than one would expect from such a source, but it still does not do justice to this forgotten gem. This would be an ideal title for Synapse Films or Severin Films to do a blu-ray special edition for!Highly Recommended
ciberpelu-1
It's the first time I have ever reviewed a film here on IMDb, or anywhere else, for that matter... I don't consider myself a critic, or expert or anything; just like cinema in general and war movies in particular.But this movie made me write here for the first time, out of indignation. I'm writing this as the end credits roll.I'll be concise:Bad acting, worse directing, pathetic soundtrack, clichéd, repetitive and utterly unrealistic.As other reviewer has said here before, this is probably the worst war film ever. I would go further and say is probably the worst FILM ever.Do yourself a favor and just watch any other film.
rittersslave
This has some of the stupidest fight scenes of all time. If I was a veteran of any war I would cry when I see this movie, not because I would remember being in Vietnam, but because it is a poor representation of any veteran of that war. Even though the troops are carrying M16s, that movie resembles nothing like Vietnam. The Viet Cong even uniforms look like old leftover Japanese uniforms from a WWII movie. The setting is obviously some crappy Hollywood back lot. The worst scene contains a US soldier fighting "hand to hand" like in a bad martial arts movie. After he dispatches several enemy troops he says, "hey come down here and lets kick some butt!" to a helicopter in the air. He then is shot. This movie is trash.
