Review of Beneath Hill 60 (2010) by Mike M — 06 Mar 2011
An unusual true war story, given a respectful, TV-handsome treatment... Sims's film is at its most effective evoking stalemate, individuals not getting anywhere, scrabbling or trapped: there's a reason we join Woodward in 1916, slapbang in the middle of this protracted conflict.
Two tunnelers get ambushed by a German cutting through from an adjacent shaft, extinguishing their light in the struggle; a match is subsequently struck to reveal the Jerry's corpse, his throat slashed.
"How did you know it wasn't me?," Tunneler One asks. "Lucky guess," comes the less than reassuring response. A little stolid - threatening to become bogged down in mud, trenches and heroically nerdy engineering detail - but very decent.
This review of Beneath Hill 60 (2010) was written by Mike M on 06 Mar 2011.
Beneath Hill 60 has generally received mixed reviews.
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