Not a Magnum Opus

Rating: 5/10 (24 February 2020)

I just don't get all the 10s. This was good, not great. So many glaring plot/reality holes:

Neither of them getting killed or even seriously when the rat sets off the booby trap in the German bunker
The whole sniper scene, just silly and unrealistic, considering German soldiers could not hit him at near point blank
The forced diversity of black soldiers on the front line, black immigration to England did not happen until WW2 for this type of thing to be represented
The whole convoy of troops showing up after the plane crash/stabbing without so much as a sound
The letter being completely legible, crisp and folded in his pocket after canyoning down a freezing river and rapids
Coming upon the Devons without anyone challenging him, considering he was sopping wet and had no weapons.

So much silliness. Worth seeing for the cinematography and set pieces only. Go rewatch Mel Gibson's Gallipoli for a real WW1 story.