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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 [[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.
* [[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.
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* [[Clueless Aesop]]
* [[Clueless Aesop]]
* [[Daylight Horror]] : Most of the movie, but the night scenes are almost equally long as the day ones and the daylight itself is consistently gloomy.
* [[Daylight Horror]] : Most of the movie, but the night scenes are almost equally long as the day ones and the daylight itself is consistently gloomy.
* [[Death By Sex]]: {{spoiler|Starinski, almost. But only with himself.}}
* [[Death by Sex]]: {{spoiler|Starinski, almost. But only with himself.}}
* [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing]]: Averted, even though it's not a war movie in the traditional sense.
* [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing]]: Averted, even though it's not a war movie in the traditional sense.
* [[Fog of Doom]]: Hey, it's [[World War One]]. Fog of Doom is already all over the damn place.
* [[Fog of Doom]]: Hey, it's [[World War One]]. Fog of Doom is already all over the damn place.
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* [[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*}}
* [[Last-Name Basis]] : A subversion, since in the script and credits, the characters are mentioned by their full names. But the only personal name used on screen regularly is Charlie's.
* [[Last-Name Basis]] : A subversion, since in the script and credits, the characters are mentioned by their full names. But the only personal name used on screen regularly is Charlie's.
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]] : {{spoiler|The whole haunting and supernatural phenomenna going on in the abandoned trench. Including ''living barbed-wire''.}}
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]] : {{spoiler|The whole haunting and supernatural phenomenna going on in the abandoned trench. Including ''living barbed-wire''.}}
* [[Not Even Bothering With the Accent]] / [[What the Hell Is That Accent?]] : Is Bradford supposed to be Canadian or British ?
* [[Not Even Bothering with the Accent]] / [[What the Hell Is That Accent?]] : Is Bradford supposed to be Canadian or British ?
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]] : The earlier portions of the movie, before the squad members start getting killed off in mysterious ways by unknown forces or themselves under suspicious coincidences.
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]] : The earlier portions of the movie, before the squad members start getting killed off in mysterious ways by unknown forces or themselves under suspicious coincidences.
* [[Officer and A Gentleman]] : Averted by Jennings and Tate, both of them enormous [[Jerkass|JerkAsses]]. This trope is also [[Double Subversion|double subverted]] by Tate, since he's oficially [[[[Sergeant Rock]] a sergeant] and acts pretty jerky, but shows some signs of being a [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]].
* [[Officer and a Gentleman]] : Averted by Jennings and Tate, both of them enormous [[Jerkass|JerkAsses]]. This trope is also [[Double Subversion|double subverted]] by Tate, since he's oficially [[[[Sergeant Rock]] a sergeant] and acts pretty jerky, but shows some signs of being a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]].
* [[Only Sane Man]] : [[Kid Hero|Charlie]] and, to a questionable extent, private Chevasse and doc Fairweather.
* [[Only Sane Man]] : [[Kid Hero|Charlie]] and, to a questionable extent, private Chevasse and doc Fairweather.
* {{spoiler|[[Our Ghosts Are Different]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Our Ghosts Are Different]]}}

Revision as of 08:17, 8 April 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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