A Fantastic Rendition of WWI In the Veign Of Saving Private Ryan

Rating: 9/10 (13 January 2020)

This film follows a very similar structure, and that is not a bad thing at all. It feels very similar to Saving Private Ryan, sans Omaha Beach. A couple of young lads get asked to do something deathly important... save 1600 men from death (including the one boy's brother). We then watch them traverse the desolate landspace between trenches, navigate an abandoned German trench, go gallivanting across the country side, sneak through a bombed out french town, and float down a river. All while occasionally having a gun fight, interacting with other soldiers, and viewing the infamous wave of infantry "going over" at the sound of a whistle. This movie is fantastic, and my only complaint is the same complaint that I have about most war movies... how is the protagonist not dead? He dodges a good two dozen rifle shots by running in a straight lie away from armed infantry men, takes a bullet to his helmeted head, and nearly drowns to death. He is lucky, sure, but wow. Anyways. Go see this movie. It is fantastic. The best WWI era movie I have ever seen.