Boasting an intriguing premise, a compelling ensemble and frequently crisp, handsome filmmaking, Mark Burman’s “Ambush” almost qualifies as an above-average Vietnam-era nailbiter — were it not for …
, Gregory Sims, Jason Genao and others do the narrative heavy lifting that remains after their more sellable co-stars cashed their paychecks.
Paolo plays Cpl. Ackerman, the educated but inexperienced young commander of a small outpost in the Quang Tri province that becomes a flashpoint for conflict when Viet Cong forces show up — seemingly out of nowhere — to retrieve a binder featuring crucial data about their secret operatives that was stolen by U.S. Army spies. Although Capt.
Written by Burman, Johnny Lozano and Michael McClung, “Ambush” uses its many timeless “men on a mission” tropes to explore subterranean warfare, a phenomenon that was uncommon knowledge prior to the Vietnam conflict but has since been depicted in countless movies about it, from “Platoon” to “Casualties of War” to dozens of others.
Perhaps anticipating how little help he would receive from the actors whose names likely helped the film get financed, Burman and his co-writers do a better-than-average job of baking the consequences of questionable character decisions into their story, though Mora’s carelessness on more than one occasion with the binder seems worthy of a performance review or even court martial.
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