Travis Fimmel shows ultimate heroism in ‘Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan’
Ultimate heroism and sacrifice is about ready to take place up on the big screen in this pulse pounding true story that exemplifies the ANZAC spirit to its fullest in Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan.
Here’s the official synopsis:
One late afternoon in 1966, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a Vietnamese rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith (Travis Fimmel) and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives. They’re holding off an overwhelming enemy force of 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. This is their untold story.
Watch the full trailer here:
Vikings star Travis Fimmel takes the lead here in this intense and visceral Vietnam War era film that focuses in on a group of courageous young Australian and New Zealand soldiers who held their ground against the Viet Cong in an aggressive battle that tested them to the core.
Fimmel takes the lead and is backed up by an exceptional young cast who include the likes of Luke Bracey (Point Break, Hacksaw Ridge), Daniel Webber (The Punisher, The Dirt), Nicholas Hamilton (IT), Stephen Peacocke (Hercules, Me Before You), and veteran Australian actor Richard Roxburgh (Van Helsing, Mission: Impossible 2), and things do get intense here.
Get ready to experience this ultimate tale of heroism under fire when Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan arrives in cinemas on August 8.
