Let me start this review off by saying that this is easily one of the best movies I have ever seen in my entire life. If I could relate this to any well known film, it'd be "Saving Private Ryan". Both are classic stories of war, both have a compelling love story, and both kick ass.
The main character is Sergeant Michael Dunne, introduced in the spring of 1917 after Vimy Ridge, a decorated veteran of the 10th Battalion, CEF. Sent home from Europe as a neurasthenia patient, he meets nurse Sarah Mann in Calgary, Alberta, where he enlisted.
Mann is cashiered from military service because her father had left Canada to rejoin the German Army in 1915. He was killed at Vimy Ridge.
David Mann is Sarah's younger brother; ineligible for military service due to asthma and desperate to win the affection of his girlfriend's father in a time when military service was expected of all young males. This prompts Michael Dunne to resume service in the army, and Sarah Mann to serve as an army nurse once more. The three Main characters arrive in Europe in time for the Third Battle of Ypres, and the fighting near Passchendaele, Belgium.
Overall, I'd hate to spoil this movie, but If you live in Canada, I'd strongly reccomend you see this film, as a film of this caliber deserves to be seen, and admired for the quality it is full of.
The only thing I think ruined the movie was the sex scene in the middle of the war, with bombs and wounded people in the background, it was a bit strange...
Rating: 4.5/5
The main character is Sergeant Michael Dunne, introduced in the spring of 1917 after Vimy Ridge, a decorated veteran of the 10th Battalion, CEF. Sent home from Europe as a neurasthenia patient, he meets nurse Sarah Mann in Calgary, Alberta, where he enlisted.
Mann is cashiered from military service because her father had left Canada to rejoin the German Army in 1915. He was killed at Vimy Ridge.
David Mann is Sarah's younger brother; ineligible for military service due to asthma and desperate to win the affection of his girlfriend's father in a time when military service was expected of all young males. This prompts Michael Dunne to resume service in the army, and Sarah Mann to serve as an army nurse once more. The three Main characters arrive in Europe in time for the Third Battle of Ypres, and the fighting near Passchendaele, Belgium.
Overall, I'd hate to spoil this movie, but If you live in Canada, I'd strongly reccomend you see this film, as a film of this caliber deserves to be seen, and admired for the quality it is full of.
The only thing I think ruined the movie was the sex scene in the middle of the war, with bombs and wounded people in the background, it was a bit strange...
Rating: 4.5/5
