Australian drama, based on the true war-time story of Oliver Woodward - a Queensland miner who, despite being under-trained and having never faced hostile fire before, finds himself on the Western Front, World War I.
Having torn himself from his young fiancee, Woodward finds himself deep in mud and carnage, 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.
Loved the fact that this is one 'war movie' that wasn't overdone by hollywood and turned into a huge love story (eg pearl harbour). A lot of small emotionally intimate moments throughout the movie. If you liked saving private ryan you will like this one Will be adding this one to the dvd collection.
surprisingly good, ending bit of a let down though
war movies normally bore me or gross me out but i loved this 1. very heartfelt,exciting,sad and i loved that it was full of aussies
The thing about life is it isn't like the movies. If you want to put a real life story on the big screen, you have to turn it into a movie.
Impressively mounted, strongly acted, frequently exciting and ultimately moving.
This is our first really good movie about the Western Front. It's not faultless, but it does what it does very well.
It's a fascinating story with key dramatic elements, providing good entertainment and an insight into an important time in our history that deserves to be told. Production elements are excellent, as is Cezary Skubiszewski's enigmatic and haunting score.
A well-groomed Australian low-budgeter undermined by dull pacing and cliched characterizations.
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Thursday, 26th Aug 2010.
Release date: August 26th 2010.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
