A stunning and emotional WWI film directed by Sam Mendes.
Plot: two young British lance corporals (played by George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman) are sent on a mission to call off an attack that would see the Germans slaughtering 1,600 men.
The scene in which the pair start off by crossing no-man’s land is especially nail-biting.
The music by Thomas Newman is stirring and often terrifying, heightening the tension at all the right moments.
The way it’s shot is remarkable, too, with highly believable extended takes (such as a long walk through the trenches) and no intrusive stylisation.
It’s extremely gripping, and also very moving. The scene in which MacKay stumbles across a French woman and a baby (not her own) sheltering in an abandoned building will stay with me for a while, as will the image of the German plane being shot down and landing where you least expect it to.
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