movie poster for HAMBURGER HILL

Flicks ID

1893

Cert

18

Running time

106 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

HAMBURGER HILL (1987)

JOHN IRWIN

Plot

Of all the 1980s rash of Vietnam movies, this was the simplest, bloodiest and most action-packed. Based on the true story of the assault on a well-fortified NVA position, Hill 937, this was a bloody, pointless and suicidal event which created near mutiny in the American ranks as their bodies littered the hill. Like a harrowing remake of 'The Sands of Iwo Jima'.