2017 · war · drama · action
Journey's End
Directed by Saul Dibb1h 48m2017
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
Our read: Journey's End (2017) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded war · drama · action entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured war / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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“You want claustrophobic trench dread and officers cracking under waiting.”
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