mcsmc I just finished watching this movie and am still wondering what the conclusion was supposed to be. The actors did a great job at what they were told to do, but it was obvious that the director shouldn't quit his day job. The British accents of Germans was interesting enough, but the flashbacks, dreams, and memories of the supposed characters left much to be desired and would challenge even Sherlock Holmes in figuring out exactly what was going on. I felt as if the only people that screened this film were those intimately involved in making it, as any "outsider", such as myself, was left to be lost. The general ideas presented in it (horror/war combined, hidden motives of soldiers, war stress turning into other things, etc.) are great, but poorly played out. Character development, etc. all seemed to be an inside joke. To sum it up, I was very disappointed in this movie.

snared04 I read the cover of this movie and thought that it would be a zombie movie, WWII style, a la Day of the Dead. However... this movie swirled around the deep recesses of the darkness in which it was filmed, only to arrive at virtually nothing.Throughout the movie, the writers attempt some kind of commentary on the evils of Nazi Germany, but seems to focus on very strange, peripheral evils, rather than on some of the big ones.Aside from all this, there apparently isn't any kind of creature(s) roaming the depths of the bunker, and all the men that die are at each other's hands, thanks to some kind of hallucinogenic gas in the tunnels.The ending has the feeling of some kind of "trial by fire", the only problem being that we were never really clearly given the emotional struggle of the character(s).The best part of the movie was the fact that this small platoon of Germans was played by British actors, who didn't even attempt to hide their accents.Perhaps not a complete was of my life, but I wouldn't recommend it.

Scarecrow-88 German soldiers(who sound awfully British)have to take refuge in a bunker when Allied American forces have surrounded them. Only an old timer, a bit off his rocker, and a young soldier are present inside the bunker to protect it until they join them. With hardly any supplies and little ammunition, they are easy sitting-ducks ready to be picked apart. Within the gut of the bunker is a creepy, dark, dank tunnel which might lead to a way out if the Americans haven't found out about it. But, something sinister lives within the tunnels where a large crop of human skeletons and bones are stored. The tunnel seems to be a sort-of burial ground for dead soldiers put there by the German Reich. But, as wise tales of the tunnel's creepy past begin to fester in the minds of those in the bunker, paranoia, mistrust and irrational behavior set in with disastrous results.Ambitious film doesn't have the budget to quite succeed. It tries it's hand at making the soldiers human, but it's hard to care about their fates knowing who they are. You almost feel like cheering for whoever is causing these soldiers to turn inside out. The dark tunnel is a highlight providing some chills, but I felt it has lots of potential in it's "ghostly" story-line it fails to capitalize on. That could be because not enough money was present to provide us with ghastly looking ghouls, but it seems director Rob Green is aiming for what you don't see than showing us ghosts with decaying corpses or skeleton soldiers going for revenge. There is an interesting reason behind a certain violent deed these particular Nazi soldiers did that plagues on them which might provide the motivation of acts against them in the bunker. There's also a running theme about desertion as one soldier goes mad wishing to eliminate all those German soldiers who came to the bunker after departing war when it was getting harsh.

moonduck Judging by the DVD cover (American release) would make one think this is yet another zombie horror gore-fest. Fortunately this movie does not live up to the cover. It is a good directorial debut, not overburdened with special effects, CGI and obligatory 20+ cutes with perfect faces and bodies. It is a story about effect of war and the atrocities committed in the name of 'patriotism' on the average person. It truly brings home that most soldiers, regardless of nationality, are just people; flawed, brave, trying to survive. I don't feel that the British accents detracted from the story at all. When watching a movie we are asked to suspend our disbelief, even when the story is based on a true event. Do not judge this movie by just looking at the surface; go deeper and let the underlying story speak to you. It will make you think.