Intense, insightful but a tad slow
Beneath Hill 60 is about the extraordinary true story of Oliver Woodward. It's 1916 and Woodward must tear himself from his new young love to go to the mud and carnage of the Western Front. Deep beneath the German lines. Woodward and his secret platoon of Australian tunnelers fight to defend a leaking, labyrinthine tunnel system packed with enough high explosives to change the course of the War. (imdb)
Caked with mud and clay in the trenchs of war world I, we follow Oliver Woodward as he takes his troops deep below German front lines.
The actors are fairly unknown to me, but they did not disappoint. The performance was emotional, real and very raw.
This movie uses a very simple storyline but with an interesting editing technique with flashbacks intersected with war time scenes to show us how Woodward changes as the war progresses. This jumbling style of going back to pre-war occurance to war time to post-war events gives an indication that the movie may have just been part of Woodward's memories.
What I love most about this movie is that it did not label sides as 'good/bad'...Beneath Hill 60 only told story of men who did their best with what they knew so they can return home.
Beneath Hill 60 isn't just about hand-on battles but a blind strategic one where calculation determines life and death. Great Australian movie!
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