Original Language | : | English |
Release Date | : | 01/10/2020 (GB) |
Genre | : | War, Drama, Action, Thriller |
Time | : | 01 Hours 59 Minutes |
Budget | : | $100,000,000.00 |
Revenue | : | $374,733,942.00 |
Movie: 1917-(2019)[530915] At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
Written by Lenny/Mosko on January 15, 2020
Without a doubt, cinematically this is a visual tour de force. The one-shot approach becomes a distraction, at times, especially when one ponders "how did they do that?", but generally not enough to take away the wow factor.
The story, and dialogue, not to mention logic are the real problems that take this movie from great, to merely good.
The initial concept of sending two men on an imperitive mission to save 1600 men is ludicrous in itself, especially in a war where men were gassed and gunned down by the thousands. Sending only two of them into unknown situations, in no-man's-land was i... read the rest.