2 guys are sent on foot 9 miles across cratered, muddy booby trapped enemy territory to save 1600 lives by delivering orders to cancel an attack because phone lines are cut. Lol. Really? That important and they send two chucklehead corporals on foot. What about additional messengers? How about a horse? Even better what about a message airdrop from the slow and low flying British biplanes that are clearly cruising over the countryside? 1600 lives would definitely deserve a better comminication effort. not in this movie. thatll do.

Right out of the gate the entire premise is idiotic and a work of complete fiction. As the movie progresses it gets even dumber. they carry their standard issue six foot rifles with bayonets through tight trenches on their most important black ops mission. no smgs or additional grenades or smoke. even a revolver or shotgun would be more effective in a trench. They rescue a downed German pilot but dont take his knife. Guess what you got stabbed. their truck gets stuck in the mud but lets all get out and push instead of trying to rock it or tow it out using the other truck 10 feet ahead. the german sniper misses 3 times on a clear shot in the open crossing the river lol. but hey that sniper got what he deserved didnt he! so many other omg moments like germans hip firing and missing when they clearly got the jump and time on target to aim. this entire movie looks and sounds great but it is lipstick on a pig. almost not worth watching but it is great set design. i cant believe it is oscar nominated. not even close.