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Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Gregory Sims, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Connor Paolo, Mac Brandt | Written by Johnny Lozano, Michael McClung | Directed by Mark Burman

Ambush, from director Mark Burman and his co-writers Johnny Lozano and Michael McClung (American Martyr) is the latest film to try and turn one of the most divisive events in American history, the Vietnam War, into mainstream entertainment. Despite a burst of “Namsploitation” films like Missing in Action, The Last Hunter and Siege of Firebase Gloria in the 1980s, the war has resisted attempts to make it the subject of action films, and this doesn’t seem likely to change that.

General Drummond sends Special Forces Captain Mora to a remote firebase to pick up a binder full of names and locations of Vietnamese operatives. Before he can bring it back to headquarters the Viet Cong attack and steal the binder back. This does not sit well with...

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 the hopelessly below-average performances contributed by the two actors whose names stand tallest in its credits block. Aaron Eckhart and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, usually complex and appealing even in roles as small as these, play characters perched lazily outside the main story while Connor Paolo, Gregory Sims, Jason Genao and others do the narrative heavy lifting that remains after their more sellable co-stars cashed their paychecks.

Nevertheless smarter and more entertaining than one might expect from a small-scale, outwardly familiar story like this, “Ambush” feels like a throwback — mostly in a good way — to the ‘Namsploitation films that companies like Cannon churned out in the 1980s, when stories about the war were at their most commercially popular.

Paolo plays Cpl. Ackerman, the educated...

Ambush Trailer — Mark Burman‘s Ambush (2023) movie trailer has been released by Saban Films. The Ambush trailer stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Connor Paolo, Aaron Eckhart, Mara Lane, Patrick R. Walker, and Jason Genao. Crew Mark Burman, Johnny Lozano, and Michael McClung wrote the screenplay for Ambush. Name created the music for the film. Name crafted [...]

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