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The Bunker (2001)
Director: Rob Green
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Green's first feature is an assured, atmospheric slice of psychological horror about the remnants of a platoon of German soldiers trapped in a bunker near the Belgian border at the end of the WWII. Despair, disenchantment, delirium and fear add to the usual tensions between men of diverse character, rank and background forced by the advancing Allies into claustrophobic proximity with one another. But then rumours about a tunnel raise hopes of escape. In some regards it's a strangely old-fashioned film (far from a bad thing!), acted with assurance and building tension through suggestion, pacing and mise-en-scène. At times, Clive Dawson's script gets a little cluttered and loses focus, but anyone who recalls Michael Mann's The Keep or even Val Lewton's Isle of the Dead with affection is likely to be impressed.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Rob Green
Producer: Daniel Figuero
Cast: Nicholas Hamnett, Charley Boorman, John Carlisle, Jack Davenport, Christopher Fairbank, Jason Flemyng, Simon Kunz, Andrew Lee-Potts, Eddie Marsan, Andrew Tiernan full cast
Genre(s): War
Duration: 95 mins
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