Not a conventional war movie but a VERY British close up at the inter-personal relationships during WW1 before the Battle of The Somme. The Battle is known for the senseless sacrifice of such a great number of Irishmen - from the 36th (Ulster) Division and the 16th (Irish) Division. Not much new here that wasn't in "All Quiet on the Western Front" or "Paths of Glory" or "Gallipoli", but some lessons need illustrating for new generations.
This moving, heart rendering, eye opening and though provoking directorial debut is a little gem that somehow got hidden away without any publicity and was mostly shown on a satellite movie channels.
Two things seem obvious as cultural distortions in this film. The first is the casual, almost disrespectful attitude and unruliness of the soldiers. This isn't something that happens just once or twice, but frequently. While all military throughout history likely has had some humor and playful banter among troops at times, it seems to be more of the rule among this platoon of Brits. The second is in the language. Again, all military throughout history likely has had some use of foul or rough language. But here, it seems that this 1916 platoon of British soldiers has adopted early 21st century British street talk (is it really that vulgar among society in England today?). And, I doubt that the British may always have had more vulgar mouths than we Yanks. But, by the standard of this film, the Brits make the service times of my family, from WW II through Vietnam, seem like baby talk.
One Of The Greatest Adventure Films Ever The last members of a dying Native American tribe, the Mohicans -- Uncas, his father Chingachgook, and his adopted half-white brother Hawkeye -- live in peace alongside British colonists. But when the daughters of a British colonel are kidnapped by a traitorous scout, Hawkeye and Uncas must rescue them in the crossfire of a gruesome military conflict of whi [...]
Sink The Bismarck (1960) is one of the best war time epic movieIt was a movie, and despite whatever pro-British, anti-German bias and historical flaws it had, it was one of the best post-war movies in many other respects. It depicted the Admiralty War Room planning and chess game as well as could be expected, the personal sub-plots were perfect and not so overblown as to dominate the film, and th [...]
A comedy about tragedy - the desire to impose control! This masterpiece tells us how some individuals can decide about life and death, and what the army really is. Soldiers are just a tool to achieve the goal of the art called WAR. This award winning animated film depicts soldiers who have lost their minds due to the hardships of past military missions.Fallen Art is a breathtaking show of animatio [...]
Between Terminator and Robocop, there's "Digital Man", obscure 90s sci-fi film! An out-of-control robot is inadvertently set loose in a small community, and a crack squad of soldiers are sent to hunt it down. Gradually, the members of the squad begin to suspect that some of them are robots.Rated R for futuristic military violence and some sexualityDigital Man is a very entertaining movie, with goo [...]
Alien Predator is another ripoff classic by Asylum! **1h 27min | Action, Adventure, Horror | 2018 (USA)**When a black ops team is sent to investigate the crash of an unidentified aircraft, they soon find themselves being hunted by the former occupants.*Like others, I accidentally bought this. Embarrassingly, I kept watching this expecting it to get better. I was in the military and the first scene [...]
Sort (No Man's Land) (2014) - The Horrors of World War ISort (No Man's Land) (2014) - The CG animated film is set during World War I in 1916, and the story centers on two Danish soldiers in the German army. One of the soldiers has a burnt, deformed face, and the two are stranded in a bomb shelter on the Western Front. From a historical view the soldiers were starving towards the end of the World W [...]