I have seen the 1999 war drama "The Trench" once before, though I had utterly forgotten about the storyline. So as the opportunity presented itself to watch it again in 2022, of course I opted to sit down and watch it for the second time.
If you are sitting down to watch "The Trench" with the intention of being entertained by a non-stop war action movie with lots of firefights and such, then you are in for a rude awakening. Writer and and director William Boyd delivered a movie that was about the British troops that were waiting around for their orders to press on the German trenches. So there wasn't a whole lot of excitement happening throughout the course of the movie. And that could make it somewhat difficult to sit through 98 minutes of it.
I found the movie to be adequate, in the sense that I do feel that writer and director William Boyd captured the essence and spirit of trench warfare, especially in the way that the British were just waiting around for the orders to crawl up and march straight out into enemy fire. In that way, there is a gloomy and somewhat depressing sensation to the movie, and the actors in the movie portray that quite well.
They had a good cast ensemble put together for the movie, with the likes of Julian Rhind-Tutt, Danny Dyer, Cillian Murphy, Paul Nicholls and Daniel Craig.
"The Trench" is a somewhat slow paced narrative, so this is hardly a movie that I will be returning to watch for another time. But I will say that it is definitely a movie that is worth watching, especially if you have an interest in the 1st World War.
My rating of "The Trench" lands on a six out of ten stars.
If you are sitting down to watch "The Trench" with the intention of being entertained by a non-stop war action movie with lots of firefights and such, then you are in for a rude awakening. Writer and and director William Boyd delivered a movie that was about the British troops that were waiting around for their orders to press on the German trenches. So there wasn't a whole lot of excitement happening throughout the course of the movie. And that could make it somewhat difficult to sit through 98 minutes of it.
I found the movie to be adequate, in the sense that I do feel that writer and director William Boyd captured the essence and spirit of trench warfare, especially in the way that the British were just waiting around for the orders to crawl up and march straight out into enemy fire. In that way, there is a gloomy and somewhat depressing sensation to the movie, and the actors in the movie portray that quite well.
They had a good cast ensemble put together for the movie, with the likes of Julian Rhind-Tutt, Danny Dyer, Cillian Murphy, Paul Nicholls and Daniel Craig.
"The Trench" is a somewhat slow paced narrative, so this is hardly a movie that I will be returning to watch for another time. But I will say that it is definitely a movie that is worth watching, especially if you have an interest in the 1st World War.
My rating of "The Trench" lands on a six out of ten stars.