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1917 (2019),
Director: Sam Mendes, rated R for violence,
language, disturbing images
Time is the
enemy.
  Starring: George
MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard
Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★☆
- near perfect
"I'm not going to wait
until dusk or for fog. I'm not calling back my men only to send
them out there again tomorrow,
not when we've got the bastards
on the run! This is their last stand." -
Col. Mackenzie
Why watch this?
... to be transported there, to endure it, and gain an appreciation.
Plot Summary:
In April 1917, on World War I's Western Front, two young British
soldiers, Schofield and Blake, receive a seemingly impossible
mission. They must cross enemy territory to deliver a message
that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers,
including Blake's brother. Time is of the essence, and they face
great danger across
No Man's Land in their race to save 1,600 lives.
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Dad's Preview:
This is one hell of a World War I flick. Director Sam Mendes
wanted the effect that this was shot in "one
take", that way the audience can experience this harrowing
story in real-time. We are shown
everything horrible about that war. Trenches. Poison gas. No
Man's Land. Still, our two diligent
soldiers keep going, against incredible odds. The cinematography
is breath-taking and this serves as a chronicle for future
generations to understand the toll that war extracts on those
young men who
battled on in the muck and mire of
The Great War. |
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DreamWorks
Pictures, Reliance Ent., New Republic Pictures,
Mogambo;
Universal Pictures |
