A British war drama; A story about a naive and idealistic young officer in France in 1918 who arrives at the Western Front and joins a trench full of fear, as the men await their seemingly grim fate while trying to cope with the daily pressures of the war. This anti-war statement and variation on a theme of War is Hell is a superb drama based on the the play by R.C. Sherriff. It is well acted and well directed. It retains a stagey feel, based on the original source material, but ultimately it succeeds at recreating the stress of combat and the terrible conditions of trench warfare through big moments of tension.
Review of Journey's End
