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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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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.
I saw this movie in the cinamas yesterday and thought it was very good, they did make a few mistakes but they were minor ones and also gun laws here are very strict so for them to get any kind of machine gun into Australia would have been difficult, they did a great job and the critics probably aren't even from australia hence the bad reviews.
Overall 10/10 i would highly recommend watching this, hopefully it will come to a streaming platform such as Netflix of Amazon Prime Video, the critics should appriciate the effort put into the movie especially since Australia has nowhere near as many war films compared to America or England.
Overall 10/10 i would highly recommend watching this, hopefully it will come to a streaming platform such as Netflix of Amazon Prime Video, the critics should appriciate the effort put into the movie especially since Australia has nowhere near as many war films compared to America or England.
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.
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...
I saw this movie today and it wasn't bad at all.
I'm a fan of war movies, more like war movies based on true stories, and I can't say I was disappointed watching this.
It's not a movie that people are used to seeing and I'm talking about the fact that it's not an action movie with a lot of battles and more. It's actually a kind of drama film where you can see what young Australians were dealing with in the First World War, what a big problem the equipment in the trenches was and the fear that young people went into.
I enjoyed it, it was, again, a decent film and I learned a few things about ANZAC and for some newbie actors and a young producer with 10 million dollars. Budget and a production with over 1000 people, it was a great job.
I'm a fan of war movies, more like war movies based on true stories, and I can't say I was disappointed watching this.
It's not a movie that people are used to seeing and I'm talking about the fact that it's not an action movie with a lot of battles and more. It's actually a kind of drama film where you can see what young Australians were dealing with in the First World War, what a big problem the equipment in the trenches was and the fear that young people went into.
I enjoyed it, it was, again, a decent film and I learned a few things about ANZAC and for some newbie actors and a young producer with 10 million dollars. Budget and a production with over 1000 people, it was a great job.
Did you know
- 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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Box office
- 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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