Directed by:
Jeremy SimsScreenplay:
David RoachCinematography:
Toby OliverComposer:
Cezary SkubiszewskiCast:
Brendan Cowell, Steve Le Marquand, Bella Heathcote, Chris Haywood, Gyton Grantley, Harrison Gilbertson, Thom Green, Jacqueline McKenzie, Alan Dukes (more)VOD (1)
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The extraordinary true story of Oliver Woodward. It's 1916 and Woodward (Brendan Cowell) must tear himself from his new young love to go to the mud and carnage of the Western Front. Deep beneath the German lines. Woodward and his secret platoon of Australian tunnelers fight to defend a leaking, labyrinthine tunnel system packed with enough high explosives to change the course of the War. (Entertainment One)
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I was really excited about this story and that’s partially because I haven’t seen a purely “war” movie in a long time. But the issue with this movie is the fact that it mostly takes place in the trenches, which isn’t anything unusual for the WWI. What’s worse is the characters who didn’t manage to grow on me so that I could enjoy the movie to the fullest. In any case, I admit that the final explosion made me happy. Even though it was brutal and pretty unbelievable. The entire movie is basically about the Australians digging their way under the enemy trench and then brutally blowing it up. And that explosion was really amazing. The movie is actually a sort of a memorial to all the soldiers of the WWI who didn’t attack the enemy from above, but instead dug below. And there wasn’t a movie about that yet, for sure!
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