One Gem for eternity

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2020)

Undoubtedly the best film of 2019. What a masterpiece. And I will go so far and say its the best war movie since "Saving Private Ryan" or AT LEAST in the Top 3 of the best ones those past 20 years.
Sam Mendes gave us a realistic impression of what it must have felt like for a soldier of that time in this traumatic environment. The atmosphere he creates is just calling. As an audience you feel like you would be in the middle of this battlefield. Absolutely authentic. It even gave me teary eyes at the end what I did not expect.
The acting is good as well. George MacKey perfectly handles this movie on his own shoulders and will shoot right to stardom with this film. His face constantly mirrored the horror of his surroundings, and this is just one attribute that made his performance so great. Another great performance that is mostly underrated was the one by Dean-Charles Chapman. What made him almost better but at least just as good as MacKay that he developed his character better and there is one particular scene in which he just perfect. (But so is MacKay). Generally you can see both actors are incredibly underrated for their performances - almost criminally. The most prominent cast members Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch and Mark Strong had more of cameos but memorable ones to say the least. The score was fantastic and so versatile. Sam Mendes direction is flawless. The decision to make this film look like it was done in one take (or two takes) just adds to the realism. Kudos also to Roger Deakins for his great cinematography and Lee Smith for his editing, to make this effect as great as it turned out.
Its a winner piece. And a film that will be remembered for a long time.