The Great War (2019)

During the last days of the Great War, a group of U.S. soldiers are sent behind enemy lines to rescue a lost platoon.

Director:

Steven Luke

Writer:

Steven Luke

Stars:

Ron Perlman, Billy Zane, Edgar Damatian

Cast

Credited cast:
Ron Perlman	...	General Pershing
Billy Zane	...	Colonel Jack Morrison
Edgar Damatian	...	Private Cardinni
Bates Wilder	...	Captain William Rivers
Hiram A. Murray	...	Pvt. John Cain
Jordan McFadden	...	Mary
Dj Quaile	...	German Soldier
Aaron Courteau	...	Sgt. Allistor Richardson
Leonard Searcy	...	Joseph Le'fluer
Ryan J. Gilmer	...	Wounded German
Wade Everett	...	Captain Hooker
Andrew Stecker	...	Corporal Anson Kirby
Cody Fleury	...	O'Malley
Judah McFadden	...	Pinchelli
Jeremy Michael Pereira	...	Captain A.J. Stevens

Storyline

During the last days of the Great War, a group of U.S. soldiers are sent behind enemy lines to rescue a lost platoon.

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Plot Keywords:

world war one | 

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for war violence

Details

Official Sites:

facebook page

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 January 2020 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Over There

Filming Locations:

Big Lake, Minnesota, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Schuetzle Company Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the South Dakota premiere showing of this film on November 10, 2019, it was noted that the majority of the film's events happened exactly 100 years previously ... namely, November 10, 1919. The full range of the movie is from November 8/9 to November 11, 1919, but the significance of the screening date was appreciated by the audience in attendance at the Historic Orpheum Theatre in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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Goofs

Several scenes have been flipped in edit rather than re-shot so characters are mirroring each other in frame... but with no thought to U.S. insignia and text on crates, etc being backwards.

User Reviews

Re-enactment does not make a movie

I understand the importance of highlighting forgotten issues. And the effort made into doing so.

But honestly. This movie is really really bad.

So bad that it became funny.

A spectacled German sniper, just standing there, beside a tree. It made me spit out my coffee (okay okay, it was beer). German soldiers falling like flies with a few gunshots. Enemies meeting each other on a straight (!) path just staring at each other, then starting to shoot and charge. Blood that looks a lot like the ketchup I had earlier on my food.

Bates Wilder did a pretty good job though. Perlman and Zane... no idea what they were doing there.

Again, all respect for the historical references and the sacrifices that have been made at the time in the Great War.

But I'm looking at not just the message, but also at the movie.

And quite frankly, this movie sucks.