Eleven

Very dramatic film of the horrors of war that could have been avoided during the last hours, if not for orders issued by a deranged General, played brilliantly by Rory Wilton. Also touching was the emotions of the French soldier, portrayed by Guillaume Rivaud. Loved the last scenes with Archie and the German sargeant.

This low budget film depicts the closings hours from midnight to 11am on last of WW1. It captures sin small scale view the lives lost to combat action along the front line. Don't expect high budget effects this film focuses the impact of company to small group of soldiers.

We tried to watch this but when they fail to get the simple details right, for example British Servicemen NEVER salute without any headgear, yet a junior officer does this ten minutes in, my wife pointed out that he had holes in his tunic where his regimental badges should be.

Then the senior officer, taken directly from Blackadder goes forth, at least that was satire. The makers obviously thought no one under 40 would have seen Blackadder.

What could have been a good story was ruined, we gave up after 15 minutes.

Eleven is a very moving film, showing the last few hours of World War 1. The fear felt by soldiers was well captured, as was the sense of comradeship. It was great to see such attention to historical and period detail in the sets and uniforms and the camera work was superb.

All the actors were excellent, with standout performances by Sean Cronin as Friedrich Muller and Jo Stone-Fewings as Captain Mullen. A special mention must also be made of the wounded French soldier, Jerome Bernard, played by the very talented Guillaume Rivaud, who so beautifully captured the look of thoughtful sorrow and acted with great compassion and feeling.

It was fitting to include the powerful 'soldier's prayer' at the beginning and one can easily imagine that many prayed such a prayer on the battlefields. It was a great shame therefore that the name of Jesus was taken in vain several times during the film.

All in all, this film was a well-made reminder of the horrors of World War 1 and the friendships that must have been made during that time.

Shocking, low budget, poor acting and all else that makes a film bad. They used good cameras and the bunkers looked good. That was it. Zero actual action. Bad, terrible acting. The story line had promise. The 8.9 rating sounded good. Boom. Purchased. Then saw only 20 reviews lol. My bad. Probably family and friends... That'll teach me