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• Drama
• War

• 2019
• Sam Mendes
• 114 mins
• 15

Summary

First World War drama starring George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman. Two young British corporals are tasked with delivering an urgent warning about an enemy ambush to a battalion further along the Western Front. The quickest way to do this is to go over the top, through the abandoned German trenches and across the French countryside - but they soon run into peril and face an increasingly fraught race against time...

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Alan Jones

Two young soldiers (George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman, both excellent) must deliver a life-saving letter to British frontline leaders on 6 April 1917, in this ambitious, thrilling and harrowing First World War odyssey from director Sam Mendes, inspired by his grandfather's experiences. The apparent suicide mission takes the viewer from the stinking British trenches, across a booby-trapped no man's land, through a blitzkrieg-lit night-time chase and into recently occupied German territory, and is shot to give the illusion of being one, long unbroken take by Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins. Although hitting all the familiar "war is hell" targets by way of bracing action and shocking deaths, the battlefront pressures and misery are also vividly portrayed. Dotted along the tensely unpredictable route are terrific cameos from Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch and Richard Madden, who assist in delivering the devastating emotional punches.

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8.2/10

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Cast

rolenameLance Corporal SchofieldGeorge MacKayLance Corporal BlakeDean-Charles ChapmanCaptain SmithMark StrongLieutenant LeslieAndrew ScottLieutenant Joseph BlakeRichard MaddenColonel MacKenzieBenedict CumberbatchGeneral ErinmoreColin FirthSergeant SandersDaniel MaysLauriClaire DuburcqMajor HepburnAdrian ScarboroughPrivate ParryGerran Howell

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rolenameDirectorSam Mendes

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Theatrical distributor

Entertainment One

Released on

2020-01-10

Languages

English | German | French

Guidance

Violence, swearing

Formats

Colour

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