We've seen what he can do with zombies and vampires and wizards and monsters and Tara Reid, now Uwe Boll leaves behind the world of videogame inspired cinema and the horror/fantasy genre altogether for a more realistic war movie called TUNNEL RATS about the tunnel rats: American special forces soldiers whose mission was to hunt and kill the Viet Cong in man-to-man combat within the endless tunnels dugout beneath the Vietnamese jungle. Personally, I think we're long overdue for such a movie, but the question remains as to whether or not the guy who gave us HOUSE OF THE DEAD, ALONE IN THE DARK, BLOODRAYNE, and IN THE NAME OF THE KING: A DUNGEON SIEGE TALE is the man to do it.

Bollbashers just reported that the trailer for the TUNNEL RATS has just been uploaded to YouTube by Boll's production company. Having just watched it for myself I can say that it looks like a competently made production yet there's in unmistakable Cannon Films vibe emanating from it, which isn't necessarily a bad thing unto itself. I also can't help but notice that for a movie about guys who have to crawl around underground much of what we see in the trailer takes place above ground. Click the link below, check it out for yourself, and draw your own conclusions.

TUNNEL RATS TRAILER

Now you really didn't think Uwe Boll could make a movie that doesn't have a video game tie-in. Sure, there's his upcoming slasher movie SEED, but even with this original production he's managed to work in a game tie-in. In a reversal of how Boll normally operates, a videogame based on the movie is apparently due later this fall to coincide with the movie. That trailer has also been YouTubed.

TUNNEL RATS GAME TRAILER