The Siege of Firebase Gloria

1988

Action / Drama / War

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 67% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 67% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 3715 3.7K

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Plot summary

A Marine patrol stops at Firebase Gloria at the start of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam war. With the firebase attacked, the patrol remains to help defend it.

Director

Brian Trenchard-Smith Photo
Brian Trenchard-Smith

Top cast

Albert Popwell Photo
Albert Popwell as Jones
Gary Hershberger Photo
Gary Hershberger as Moran
Wings Hauser Photo
Wings Hauser as Cpl. Joseph L. DiNardo
Nick Nicholson Photo
Nick Nicholson as Photographer
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915.12 MB
1280*706
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
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1.66 GB
1888*1040
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10

solid B-movie

It's 1968. The Tet holidays is approaching and a ceasefire is expected. Hardnosed Sergeant Major Bill Hafner (R. Lee Ermey) leads a weary squad into a village where almost everyone has been massacred. They guard the remote Firebase Gloria and struggle against a tough guerilla campaign. Their superiors don't expect the coming full scale onslaught.The production is Australian and filmed in the Philippines for Vietnam. I doubt that there is much involvement from the American military although they probably rented a lot of stuff from the Philippines military. It has lots of guns, men, and explosions. They're not filmed in the most exciting ways. It's a lot Rambo style mass shootings. It's a B-movie, but at least it's a solid B-movie.
Reviewed by matjusm 8 / 10

A lesser known Vietnam film

The Siege of Firebase Gloria is not a very well known Vietnam war film. In fact it hardly gets a mention at all and is overshadowed by films such as Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and others.The premise is as follows: a Marine patrol led by sergeant Hafner (the great R. Lee Ermey) ends up in a remote US Army outpost deep in the jungles of Vietnam right at the start of the Tet offensive. Hafner takes command and must fend off waves of attacks by the Vietcong and NVA.The story is quite interesting of how these men, outnumbered and almost forsaken must defend themselves against all odds. Although Ermey's role isn't too big (the film focuses on a few key soldiers), he is great in every frame he is in. Having been an actual Marine, he reprises his role as a tough commander with a witty tongue. The film in general find a nice balance between the main story while at the same time showing how war takes its toll on men. Interestingly enough the North Vietnamese commanders are also portrayed and fortunately not as cartoonish enemies but competent leaders.The production values are quite good, there are lots of real helicopters, the sets and location are grand and well built and the action scenes quite vast in their scale.However the film doesn't reach the levels achieved by Apocalypse Now or Full Metal Jacket. Despite that, its still worth a watch.
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