1917

Corpses litter Sam Mendes' stunning, riveting, Oscar-nominated, intense, factually inspired, well-acted, gritty, violent, well-paced, star-studded (Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Daniel Mays, and Adrian Scarborough), 117-minute film highlighted by gorgeous cinematography that follows a tenacious British lance corporal (George MacKay) and his map-expert soldier buddy (Dean-Charles Chapman) as they try to deliver vital orders nine miles behind enemy lines to a stubborn battalion colonel (Benedict Cumberbatch) on Apr. 6, 1917, in an attempt to stop the British army from walking into a well-planned German attack and to save more than 1,600 troops during WWI.
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