Outpost 11

It's a modest budget production but there are some great ideas here, good performances and a tension-inducing sense of claustrophobia. A great example of UK indie genre film-making.

Three British soldiers in one small cabin. One is the aloof officer commanding officer. One is the most annoying character trope in film. A very English God Save the King type Sargent. He bullies the 3rd character, a sheepish army private. Nothing happens then something does then you're not sure if anything did happen... skip it

One has to wonder if this is simply a British way of descending into madness, as it certainly is a strange movie. "Albert, you must re-hydrate the Omega Core. Oh no, not that!" Graham gets a phone call, and asks who is it and then says 'it can't be, spiders don't use phones." Mason hunts, shots at things and they explode. A frozen man is out in the snow, his head cleaved in half. Is it real, or the result of a psychotropic chemical? It is not a horror movie, but three men in an isolated cold and wilderness outpost, monitoring radio transmissions of the enemy, but really only hearing static. One could say they went bonkers. In many ways it is both boring and intriguing.

This film should NOT be watched by ANYONE, unless you want to completely waste 1 1/2 hours of your life. Put some fresh paint on the wall and watch that dry instead. It'll be more interesting, and at least the end result will be more fulfilling. Fair play to the actors, they did a good job with the script they were given, but just because some psychotropic drug - or whatever - was responsible for the characters going crazy, it doesn't mean that the storyline should make no sense. I was just very disappointed with this film and don't know why it was even made. Please! Will somebody buy me a load of paint. I need some excitement in my life.

We looked at each other when it was finished & said, "Did that even make sense to you?" The reply was "no." The very last scene rewinds to a scene earlier in the film, but that even made no sense in the grand scheme of it all.

The best parts about it were:

One of the characters is very, very creepy. Luckily, I'm pretty sure he was meant to be. But I'm not sure if, in the 50's, there was really stuff you could inhale while you uh.....had your guy "me time". But what do I know about that sort of stuff. Anyway, it was a bit weird.

Other good aspect was it was a bit steampunk, which I like.

The acting wasn't bad.

After watching a lot of random movies by following others, we have decided that any blurb stating "in a remote, isolated........." means "there are 4 of us who decided to make a movie ourselves with no budget on a swatch of land owned by someone someone knows, because someone has access to some film kit"