Tunnel Rats

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Tunnel Rats

"Hell is for Heroes"

2008

1h 36m

5.0(85 votes)

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Drama

War

Overview

During the Vietnam War [1959-1975] a special US combat unit is sent out to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers in a man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of Vietnam. Suicide squads of a special kind.

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18 members

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Michael Paré

Sergeant Vic Hollowborn

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Wilson Bethel

Corporal Dan Green

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Brandon Fobbs

Private Samuel Graybridge

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Rocky Marquette

Private Terence Verano

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Nate Parker

Private Jim Lidford

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Mitch Eakins

Private Peter Harris

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Erik Eidem

Private Carl Johnson

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Jane Le

Vo Mai

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Scott Ly

Huy Tran

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Garikayi Mutambirwa

Private Jonathan Porterson

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Brad Schmidt

Sergeant Mike Heaney

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Jeffrey Christopher Todd

Private Bob Miller

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John Wynn

Chien Nguyen

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Adrian Collins

Private Dean Garraty

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Toufeeq Adonis

VC Soldier

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Shih Jou-An

Vietnamese Girl

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Devan 'Yankee' Liang

Vietnamese Boy

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Scot Cooper

Private Joseph Walderson

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