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The journey of fictional WA outback kid Jim Collins and his battalion on the Western Front.The journey of fictional WA outback kid Jim Collins and his battalion on the Western Front.The journey of fictional WA outback kid Jim Collins and his battalion on the Western Front.
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The whole time I watched this film, there wasn't really a moment that I felt invested in it. You couldn't sympathise for a single character besides the protagonist. As soon as you met one character, they would either die or become irrelevant to the story. I understand that this film is based on a true story. However, if you have to show in the opening credits that you practically did everything to make the film (directing, producing, etc.) to the audience watching. It probably isn't going to be that good of a film. The story itself was a bit interesting, but I wouldn't call this film a must see.
Lots of new young faces in this movie. Depicting WW1, trenches, mud, rain, snow, rain & more snow. The young boys want to be men on the battlefield and do not understand the consequences of the adventure they thought would await them.
The thing that kept bugging me through the whole movie was the fact they were in mud up to their elbows, yet they were clean-shaven, and freshly cut hair.
Levi MIller is a good up-and-coming actor, and has a good list of past work on here. So will likely see him a lot in the future in movies.
Overall not a bad movie, makes you think about what these young men went through in the trenches over 100 years ago. You can see why on returning home they would have struggled to life before the war. We know now about PTSD, not back then.
Sad to see that in the US & Canada it only returned $743 on the opening weekend. Shows that it was not marketed very well.
The thing that kept bugging me through the whole movie was the fact they were in mud up to their elbows, yet they were clean-shaven, and freshly cut hair.
Levi MIller is a good up-and-coming actor, and has a good list of past work on here. So will likely see him a lot in the future in movies.
Overall not a bad movie, makes you think about what these young men went through in the trenches over 100 years ago. You can see why on returning home they would have struggled to life before the war. We know now about PTSD, not back then.
Sad to see that in the US & Canada it only returned $743 on the opening weekend. Shows that it was not marketed very well.
I gave this movie a 6/10 just.
It's harmless and tells the story of war many others have told.
It felt lazy and miss directed. The acting seemed very wooden, however this could have been due to the miss direction.
The trenches did not look real and the cinematography was average at best.
This Movie never got me gripped into believing I was at war with them. I Simply was not bothered and felt no emotion for any of the characters.
Their was no main story line or historical battles, just skipping through years at an accelerated speed.
Looking past the negatives, I love a WW1 movie and I preferred to have watched it rather than not.
Give it a go on Netflix or prime l, certainly not Cinema quality.
It's harmless and tells the story of war many others have told.
It felt lazy and miss directed. The acting seemed very wooden, however this could have been due to the miss direction.
The trenches did not look real and the cinematography was average at best.
This Movie never got me gripped into believing I was at war with them. I Simply was not bothered and felt no emotion for any of the characters.
Their was no main story line or historical battles, just skipping through years at an accelerated speed.
Looking past the negatives, I love a WW1 movie and I preferred to have watched it rather than not.
Give it a go on Netflix or prime l, certainly not Cinema quality.
This may not be an epic war movie but it's an important story about how young and naive our young soldiers were when they signed up for WW1.
It tells the story of young man conflicted between loyalty to his family sheep station and his mates volunteering for the war.
The conditions these kids fought under were appalling but the fought well and honourably.
There have been lots of war movies but most are American and about heroes....this one is about Aussie kids.
It was not the best movie but if you think about the era, 1916, and the sacrifices these soldiers made in a foreign country under terrible conditions, it's told well.
It tells the story of young man conflicted between loyalty to his family sheep station and his mates volunteering for the war.
The conditions these kids fought under were appalling but the fought well and honourably.
There have been lots of war movies but most are American and about heroes....this one is about Aussie kids.
It was not the best movie but if you think about the era, 1916, and the sacrifices these soldiers made in a foreign country under terrible conditions, it's told well.
Why make yet another below average war movie? Why? I started watching it anyway and quickly noticed this was a cheap copycat, an inferior wannabe...
The bad: what's a war movie without spectacular fighting scenes? What? Well, not much! This movie just fails to ever become truly gripping or thrilling.
Beware: this is more a slowburning portrayal of soldiers having to endure the trenches than it is a tough war movie. But even at the dramatic scenes this move fails full stop. The actors are below average and so are their acting performances.
It isnt a terrible B-movie, they tried to make the best of the mediocre actors and the lack of money for photography and special effects. But in the end this movie is just going through the motions of yet another below average boring "war" movie...
The bad: what's a war movie without spectacular fighting scenes? What? Well, not much! This movie just fails to ever become truly gripping or thrilling.
Beware: this is more a slowburning portrayal of soldiers having to endure the trenches than it is a tough war movie. But even at the dramatic scenes this move fails full stop. The actors are below average and so are their acting performances.
It isnt a terrible B-movie, they tried to make the best of the mediocre actors and the lack of money for photography and special effects. But in the end this movie is just going through the motions of yet another below average boring "war" movie...
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- TriviaAn explosion to replicate a Barrage was so big it caused 2.8 on the richter scale.
- GoofsWhenever a German flare lights up, the protagonist closes his left eye in order to retain night vision. That's improper procedure. You're supposed to close your shooting eye, which in his case, would be his right eye. That way, you can still have some night vision in the eye you aim your rifle with.
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- Budget
- A$9,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $743
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $743
- Jul 21, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $192,178
- Runtime
- 1h 41m(101 min)
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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