Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- claustrophobic
- harrowing
- somber
- historical drama night
- war cinema marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The guerrilla team safeguards intelligence agents within a secret tunnel system during the Vietnam War.
The Vietnamese revolutionary team is tasked with protecting a secret group of intelligence agents while targeted by the U.S. military.
The mission unfolds around a vulnerable team defending secret personnel in a concealed tunnel environment under intense military pursuit.
Bảy Theo, Tư Đạp, Ba Hương, Út Liên, and their comrades are charged with safeguarding others at all costs.
Films like Tunnels: Sun in the Dark, and why
Platoon
shared vietnam war setting, intimate combat drama, and focus on guerrilla survival under military pressure
Come and See
shared antiwar intensity, historical conflict setting, and emotionally harrowing combat realism
The Tunnel
shared underground survival premise, claustrophobic tension, and small-group endurance drama
The Deer Hunter
shared vietnam war context, moral exhaustion, and character-driven wartime drama
Movie Details
- Director
- Bùi Thạc Chuyên
- Release Date
- 2025-04-04
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 (9)
Cast
- Thái Hòa
- Quang Tuấn
- Hồ Thu Anh
- Diễm Hằng Lamoon
- Cao Minh
- Nhật Ý
- Khánh Ly
- Hoàng Minh Triết
- Anh Tú Wilson
- Cao Sang Lê
Common questions
- What is Tunnels: Sun in the Dark about?
- A Vietnamese guerrilla unit fights to preserve a covert intelligence network while hunted through the claustrophobic tunnels of 1967 wartime Vietnam.
- What is Tunnels: Sun in the Dark like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Tunnels: Sun in the Dark as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Tunnels: Sun in the Dark violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Tunnels: Sun in the Dark as moderate.
- Which films are like Tunnels: Sun in the Dark?
- Films with a similar feel include Platoon, Come and See, The Tunnel, and The Deer Hunter.
- How long is Tunnels: Sun in the Dark?
- Tunnels: Sun in the Dark runs 128 minutes.
