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* [[A Date With Rosie Palms]]: All Starinski wanted, [[Sarcasm Mode|poor dear]].
* [[A Date With Rosie Palms]]: All Starinski wanted, [[Sarcasm Mode|poor dear]].
* [[Anachronism Stew]] : Not very overt, but there are some inconsistencies. In one scene, Charlie picks up and wields a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP_18 Bergmann MP 18] SMG - unless the film is set in 1918, this early example of a machine pistol can't possibly be found on the front, since the Germans started using it in the last year of the war. The Lee-Enfield rifles wielded by the soldiers are also a later, WWII-era version of the model (the WWI version being harder to come by). But the most obvious example by far is the surprisingly small radio receiver they find and repair. No country had military or civilian radios that small and advanced during WWI. It would fit better in the 1920s.
* [[Anachronism Stew]] : Not very overt, but there are some inconsistencies. In one scene, Charlie picks up and wields a [[wikipedia:MP 18|Bergmann MP 18]] SMG - unless the film is set in 1918, this early example of a machine pistol can't possibly be found on the front, since the Germans started using it in the last year of the war. The Lee-Enfield rifles wielded by the soldiers are also a later, WWII-era version of the model (the WWI version being harder to come by). But the most obvious example by far is the surprisingly small radio receiver they find and repair. No country had military or civilian radios that small and advanced during WWI. It would fit better in the 1920s.
** Regards the SMLE, the [[WW 1]] version (the No.1 [[Mk III]] or [[Mk III]]*) is not difficult to come by at all: the Australians went on making them until after World War 2.
** Regards the SMLE, the [[WW 1]] version (the No.1 [[Mk III]] or [[Mk III]]*) is not difficult to come by at all: the Australians went on making them until after World War 2.
** Actually, the Bergman was first fielded by 1916 in small numbers
** Actually, the Bergman was first fielded by 1916 in small numbers
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* {{spoiler|[[Gainax Ending]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Gainax Ending]]}}
* [[Genre Blindness]] : Both played straight and averted.
* [[Genre Blindness]] : Both played straight and averted.
* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: Most of the cast are commonly seen on British TV (but perhaps not to the point that everyone knows their names without looking them up).
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Most of the cast are commonly seen on British TV (but perhaps not to the point that everyone knows their names without looking them up).
** [[Billy Elliot Plot|Billy Elliot]] and [[The Lord of the Rings (Film)|Gollum]] wade through the mud of a haunted trench on the western front.
** [[Billy Elliot Plot|Billy Elliot]] and [[The Lord of the Rings (Film)|Gollum]] wade through the mud of a haunted trench on the western front.
* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|Most of the cast, who are each shown to be morally flawed (or just unlucky) in some way, are shown to get their comeuppance in various gruesome ways. Especially Quinn. *shudder*}}
* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|Most of the cast, who are each shown to be morally flawed (or just unlucky) in some way, are shown to get their comeuppance in various gruesome ways. Especially Quinn. *shudder*}}

Revision as of 19:28, 25 January 2014

Deliver them from evil.


British war horror movie made in 2002.

Set during World War One, a group of British soldiers "go over the top" in an assault against German lines. However, in the middle of the battle, a mysterious fog descends upon the battlefield and the night suddenly turns into day. Hours later, they finally stumble upon the German trenches only to find a mere 3 German soldiers, petrified and pointing their guns down their own trenches. The British soldiers call for them to surrender, but the Germans are more scared of something in the trench than them. After murdering two of them and torturing the third, the British troops begin exploring the trench, only to find the bodies of more Germans, seemingly killed by friendly fire. Even stranger, the trenches seem to lead nowhere, simply doubling back on themselves. With a prisoner babbling about demons, impenetrable fog, and a broken radio, they quickly form a defensive position and wait for reinforcements that never come.

Though their radio can't send messages, it can still RECIEVE them. High command seems rather sure that the attack failed and there were no survivors....

Needless to say, it starts getting worse from there.

This movie provides examples of :

 "Thank god he's on our side, eh?"

    • How about this exchange ?

 Quinn: "I went to Blackpool once..."

Starinski: "Oh, was it nice ?"

Quinn: "I killed a man there... Yeah, it was nice."

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