Get ready, Uwe Boll fans (there must be some), as his recent Tunnel Rats is coming to UK DVD in January from Metrodome. But wait, it's not a horror movie and it's not a video game adaptation and it's not in the IMDb bottom 100. Hell, it's a war movie! So what's it about?

Vietnam, 1968: Desperate to deal with the Vietcong's resistance in endless networks of tunnels, the United States creates a specialised unit trained in underground warfare. Armed with only handguns, flash lights and knives, this elite band of men are known as 'Tunnel Rats'. Following an ambush on his platoon, Sergeant Vic Hallowborn (Boll regular Michael Paré) sends his men underground to flush out the enemy. But as they blindly crawl through these darkened passageways littered with spike pits, drowning pools and homemade mines they soon realise that their mission is near impossible. The Vietnamese that inhabit these tunnels are faced with an equally grim existence, forced underground with their wives and children by the relentless bombing, they must resort to living a subterranean life lying in wait of the next attack. When driven to go head-to-head in this underground the question is no longer who is right and who is wrong... But who will survive?

Not widely seen on the world stage as yet, Tunnel Rats is likely to surprise those who've already made up their minds about Boll's work, not least because it's been rather favourably reviewed in some quarters and has even been cited as the director's best film yet, although that's not a huge accolade here. Either way, it certainly sounds intriguing.

Tunnel Rats will be released on DVD in the UK by Metrodome on 5th january 2009 at the RRP of £15.99. Extra features will include:

• Interview with director Uwe Boll;
• Deleted scenes;
• Behind The Scenes featurette;
• Trailer.