It is the year 1917 in
the Western Front and a group of
survivors of the British Company Y reach
the most forward German trench in a foggy
night.
They cath a German soldier (Roman Horak)
as he tells them in German that they will
all die and one of the people named
Charlie Shakespeare (Jamie Bell)
translates to them in English by what
he's talking about as one of the soliders
on the lookout named Barry Starinski
(Kris Marshall) experiences corpses
coming to life that were wrapped in
barbwire and became a victim as well.
Also, the head Captain named Bramwell
Jennings (Laurence Fox) loses his mind
running around their pit and accidentally
shoots one of his men.
A supernatural force seems to take over
most of the people's minds and end up
killing one another too making them all
insane.
In the beginning of the story the war is starting and we see explosives and stuff like that with
aggressions rising big time to try and seek for safety and stuff like that showing alot of action within all of this.
While the soldiers all sort out their plans in the pit when it's pissing down rain one of the soldiers spots as to what looks like a dead corpse in mud lying there and then coming to life as this was mildly suspenseful to watch. At first it's a teaser making you wonder if it's someone returning from the dead. However, it's a little too soon for that. I was wondering as to when the horror will kick in.
There's good aggressions with the main characters towards
a this German soldier with their aggressions
and forcing him to speak. He tells the others that they're all going to die as this was chilling and leaving a clue the horror will happen. A nice one for the story even if this flick sucks the big one.
A good close up shot on
Pvt. Barry Starinski about
to masturbate in front of some
pornographic pictures while he's guarding
the base and then a nice reaction when he
hears something.
Then we have a good shot
on him trying to load his rifle while
some corpses are barbwired in a distance
which was a creepy looking shot. It leaves a clue that the horror is yet to come.
A flash of red looking objects in the air is attacking some of the soldiers in which this time the horror has begun and this was done in a fair horror fashion.
A nice shot with Capt. Bramwell Jennings running
around the pit going crazy and calling
for someone.
Good struggling moment with Pvt. Jack Hawkstone on the
ground crawling with this thing under the
dirt ready to get him (Yes they borrowed
from Children of the Corn with this scene).It looked powerful while watching this outcome.
A good discussion between Cpl. Doc Fairweather in quivering words towards Pfc. Charlie
Shakespeare about evil there and all of them are
going to die.
Things grow intense with Pvt. Thomas Quinn constantly beating up on
Jennings and later on acting wild and crazy
with Sgt. David Tate trying to talk
sense into him before he tries to kill
him which looked quite good too. It made me wonder if someone is going to die while seeing the outcome throughout all of this.
A nice struggling moment between Shakespeare trying to survive Fairweather's evil
graps with him acting insane about to try
and kill him. He gets what's coming to him which involves more paranormal events that involves barbwire which looked crafty in a horror fashion.
This is about it folks as there's not
much more to review like I said the
story was very bland.
Here's the bottom line alltogether:
Man oh man not an
original film like the makers tried so
hard for this one to be in which they
tried to blend a war film with a horror
film using elements similar to Children
of the Corn. It just doesn't
work nor does it make sense in any way at
all whatsoever. All the scene's take place at a war pit
which is nothing special at all and it
goes around in circles. I was nearly
falling asleep to this and the only
moments worth watching were the
supernatural forces occurring and killing
others along with the odd possessions
too. The story clearly doesn't explain
itself and if it did they didn't convince
me at all. Skip this one by all means.
The acting is not
too bad but not enough to mention many
actors since it all looked the same but
leading actor Jamie Bell (Pfc. Charlie
Shakespeare) as a
teenage army soldier put alot into his
part and never yet lost his focus on who
he portrayed in the film. He shows off a some type of shyness as well as being soft spoken. Also was convincing by coming across as an intelligent type. Shows off a ton of energy when the horror and action kicks into this flick.
Matthew Rhys (Cpl. Doc Fairweather) seemed to know his
stuff as well playing a preacher doctor
army soldier showing his sensitivity and
later on his insanity. Knew on how to act obnoxious and powerful within his actions. He really studied this role carefully.
Laurence Fox (Capt. Bramwell Jennings) played the perfect
aggressive captain of the troops showing
his bluntness and crazy aggressions too.
He had the right looks to as well as his
tall size. Offers a great powerful voice when commanding his troops with a great serious fashion.
Andy Serkis (Pvt. Thomas Quinn) definetely was another strong supporting cast member showing off an obnoxious attitude. He shows a great deal of adrenaline within his speaking. He was a true force of nature and can come across well onto the camera within his performance.
Kris Marshall (Pvt. Barry Starinski) shows a nice reaction when he
hears something while looking at a porn magazine in the battlefield as well as a
good reaction on him while these corpses
grab him and he gets wrapped up in the
barbwire. He seemed to have an effective supporting role as one of thosesekf centered types.
A gunshot in the
head
Barb wires stabbing through people
Kneecaps are torn open
Persons body is torn open devoured by rats
The music composed by Curt Cress and
Chris Weller is about one the only
good thing with this film in which they
have a good fast action paced orchestra
performing for the terror ans suspense
throughout the film. We also hear some
drum booming sounds here and there along
with the low moaning synthesizer effects
for the evil happenings making the moment
seem really scary.
Pvt.
Barry Starinski: Oh, this fuckin'
rain!
Pvt.
Willie McNess: Shoot him!
Pfc. Charlie Shakespeare: Why?
Pvt. Willie McNess: Cuz he kicked
me in the fucking balls!
Sgt.
David Tate: Don't call me 'sir',
alright? I'm a sergeant, I work for a
living.
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