Trench 11

Trench 11 borrows from films like The Bunker and mixes in elements of the TV series The Strain, in a WWI setting.

The best thing you can say about this upper end of the budgetary spectrum B grade film its is competently done. The sets are good, the special effects good and the acting is, well, good.

Sadly there is nothing that makes this film "great" or even a little special. Don't be surprised therefore, if a month or so from now you can't remember the title or much more than the general outline of the story. A watchable but forgettable rating of 6/10 from me.

I've watched some truly awful horror movies with the same IMD rating as this one. I'm baffled by the IMD rating for this film. Obviously it's not going to be a blockbuster high budget movie, but ? ... The atmosphere was great, story was simple but good, characters believable and well acted (surprisingly so), loved the setting of WWI, well paced, good tension, nice set and period details. Felt wonderfully claustrophobic at times, some nice scares, a love-to-hate him bad guy. Not a cliched 'evil Germans' movie. Just, well, an enjoyable movie. I actually cared about the characters and how the story turned out, which is often not the case with many horror/sci fi movies for me - and it felt oddly fresh for a somewhat generic sounding horror movie... maybe because it felt honest, and no jump scares or annoying characters, and those sort of cliches.

The setting and premise for this film was very good. It takes a few factual liberties and the anti German approach. One such approach is that the Germans used gas and allies didn't. This is a complete lie, the allies used even more gas attacks against the German army. (moan over) The action is pretty decent with the effects being alittle under par. My biggest problem with the film is it very plot contrived. Action only happens to seemingly benefit the plot it just doesn't feel fluid. Overall its not a bad movie but just holds its self back from being alittle action packed gem.

I only write reviews for movies that I think have been unfairly treated on the reviews here, this is a much better movie than jj abrams overlord which is a similar genre, the casting is great, script is believable, plot is superb, the mid point of the story is abit rushed, but overall I really enjoyed this movie, the German and Canadian lead characters really connect in the latter part of the movie, some reviews talk of budget limitations but I got no sense of that, there is no way this is a 5.5 movie as is its rating on imdb, the story is believable and so well acted, I hope many more horror fans see this movie.

To any and all directors out there, please keep making these kind of movies . We love the nazi/ monster/ experiment thing. This , along with the zombie genre, is one we never get tired of. Please just put heart and soul into it...and at least a little money. While we are at it....will someone please pick up the resident evil franchise and keep that going?