There's much that they got right here, but the biggest mistake was the trench itself - far too clean and sturdy. The cast do as well as they can with the mediocre script, but having seen 'Journey's End' very recently, this pales by comparison. Yes, there's a fairly good evocation of the suspense and dread of waiting to go over the top, but it's been done so much better elsewhere, rendering this film hardly more than a cliché. Even 'Blackadder Goes Forth' (from which the final sequence is clearly stolen) had more pathos. Watchable enough, but barely rewards your viewing.
Review of The Trench
