Battle Ground

2013

Action / Drama / War

26
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 23% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 23% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.9/10 10 2190 2.2K

Plot summary

Three British soldiers find themselves stranded in No Man's Land after a failed charge on the German Trenches. Set in France 1916.

Director

Johan Earl Photo
Johan Earl

Top cast

Daniel Martin Photo
Daniel Martin as British Soldier
Steve Maxwell Photo
Steve Maxwell as German Soldier
James Shepherd Photo
James Shepherd as Pvt. Franklin
Alex Jewson Photo
Alex Jewson as Pvt. Riley
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755.20 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
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1.44 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by fallen-arc-1 6 / 10

A Beautifully Told Tragedy

A poignant film. Beautifully told, and I thought Denai (actress) was superb. I absolutely loved the womens storyline. As a girl, War films are not something I generally race out to see. But this film was recommended to me, and I was not disappointed. This is a war story with a difference, instead of focusing on the scale of war which has been done to death, Forbidden Ground tells the story from ground level. They create an awesome claustrophobic feeling, which is always how I envisaged soldiers on the front line would have felt. Having to keep your head down all the time!! The film captured the very essence of not only the tragedies on the battlefield, but the tragedies at home too. Utterly memorable.
Reviewed by paul_haakonsen 5 / 10

Good enough war movie that just lacked key ingredients...

Usually when you get to see those movies that are either directed and/or produced by people starring in the movie as well, you know it is going to be bad.However, I will say that "Forbidden Ground" managed to pull it off well enough. Sure, this isn't a war epic on Hollywood over-the-top scale. But the story was told in a nice enough way, and it was with characters that you got attached to and characters that actually had personalities and flaws.That being said, then it should also be noted that the entire movie basically takes place over a couple of hours in the movie time frame, as we follow a group of soldiers trying to storm and assault a German trench, but getting gunned down and having to make their way back to safe ground before the artillery starts raining death upon the Germans.Yes, the movie is entertaining, but it is nowhere near the scales such as "Saving Private Ryan" or "Band of Brothers", so don't expect this kind of storytelling or war movie.I found "Forbidden Ground" to progress at a nice pace, and the movie actually wasn't really dull. However, the side-story with the abortion and infidelity was a bit too forced, and the movie would have fared better without this aspect to the story."Forbidden Ground" is well worth a watch if you enjoy war movies, and haven't anything better within reach. It should at least be watched just once.
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