| Director: | Mark Earl Burman |
| Producer: | Mark Earl Burman |
| Music: | We Are Dark Angels |
| Cinematography: | Dan Frantz |
| Editing: | Matthew Cassel |
| Distributor: | Saban Films |
| Runtime: | 104 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $26,305[1] |
Ambush is a 2023 war action thriller written by Mark Earl Burman, Michael McClung, Johnny Lozano, and Dillon Slack, directed by Burman and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Connor Paolo, and Aaron Eckhart.
During the Vietnam War, a group of soldiers on a mission to gain intelligence materials, encounter enemy Vietcong (VC) forces in the extensive underground tunnel complexes that the VC have constructed below ground across South Vietnam during the conflict.
The film was released in theaters, on demand, and on digital on February 24, 2023.[2]
Todd Gilchrist of Variety gave the film a positive review, writing, "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."[3]
Julian Roman of MovieWeb gave the film a negative review, writing, "The film vacillates between gritty combat, the brotherhood of soldiers, and a labored plot with critical issues. Pacing also becomes a factor during a prolonged and indiscernible subterranean second act."[4]