1968 Tunnel Rats is a war film

War film

War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...

 directed by Uwe Boll

Uwe Boll

Uwe Boll is a German director, producer and screenwriter, whose work includes several films adapted from video games. He finances his own films through his Boll KG production company. He is often cited as the worst director of all time.-Early life:...

. The film is based on the factual duties of tunnel rats during the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...

. Unlike his most well known films, 1968 Tunnel Rats is not based on a video game but does have a video game based on it.

In a documentary for the film, Boll revealed the movie doesn't have a script, instead the actors are improvising their lines.

Plot synopsis

A group of US soldiers in Vietnam arrive at base camp in the jungle. The soldiers spend the first day and night getting to know each other. The next morning they begin to explore the Viet Cong's underground tunnel network at Củ Chi. In the tunnels the US soldiers encounter dangers including primative, but lethal, booby traps and roving Viet Cong. Meanwhile on the surface the Viet Cong also attack the base. As things escalate above and below the ground, soldiers for both sides are pushed to the limits of their humanity. In the end, everyone in the movie is killed by either the Viet Cong or U.S soldiers, or by a climatic U.S. airstrike which hits the base camp by accident, killing all the survivors of the battle.

Video game

Uwe Boll

Uwe Boll

Uwe Boll is a German director, producer and screenwriter, whose work includes several films adapted from video games. He finances his own films through his Boll KG production company. He is often cited as the worst director of all time.-Early life:...

 also released a video game based on the movie

Tunnel Rats (video game)

Tunnel Rats is a first-person shooter developed by Replay Studios as a tie in for the Uwe Boll film 1968 Tunnel Rats. The game has you disarming booby traps, collecting ears from fallen enemies and collecting dog tags from fellow deceased soldiers...

. The title was developed by Replay Studios

Replay Studios

Replay Studios was an independent video game developer that created games for the seventh generation of gameconsoles and PC, targeted for the international market. Located in Hamburg, Germany, it was founded in 2002 by Marc Moehring and Sascha Jungnickel....

using the Replay engine.