Journey's End
Directed by:
Saul DibbComposer:
Natalie HoltCast:
Asa Butterfield, Sam Claflin, Paul Bettany, Tom Sturridge, Toby Jones, Stephen Graham, Robert Glenister, Miles Jupp, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Jake Curran (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
March, 1918. C-company arrives to take its turn in the front-line trenches in northern France led by the war-weary Captain Stanhope (Sam Claflin). A German offensive is imminent, and the officers (Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham, Tom Sturridge) and their cook (Toby Jones) distract themselves in their dugout with talk of food and their past lives. Stanhope, meanwhile, soaks his fear in whisky, unable to deal with his dread of the inevitable. A young new officer, Raleigh (Asa Butterfield), has just arrived, fresh out of training and abuzz with the excitement of his first real posting – not least because he is to serve under Stanhope, his former school house monitor and the object of his sister’s affections. Each man is trapped, the days ticking by, the tension rising and the attack drawing ever closer... (Lionsgate UK)
(more)Reviews (1)
Although there was no Rat au Van on the menu, I felt like watching Blackadder Goes Forth, only the humor was missing. If war is pointless, then the trench war in World War I was the quintessence of nonsense. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. I don’t think I can describe the strategy on both sides of the front in a better way. I was fascinated by the film mainly because there was hardly any action. What it offered instead was a great psychological probe into the minds of men whose duty sent them into a death trap. 4*+
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