And afterwards he disappears again over the next dune.
And an odd, funny looking Berber shows up occasionally to bring water and have philosophical conversations with Mike. Only the delusions and flashbacks as Mike gets more and more tired, are presented in multitudes. So, don't expect real action-packed scenes in this movie. And now Mike is standing, kneeling and balancing there in the middle of the desert on an unexploded landmine, exposed to the elements of nature and from time to time deep in thought. And, in my opinion, the thought of a leg-less existence was too much for him as well. He won't be able to break the record on the 100 meter sprint, as both his legs are spread over a few square meters after walking on a landmine himself. Help that comes too late for his partner Tommy (Tom Cullen). For 90 minutes, there's nothing else to see than this soldier who has to wait 52 hours for a patrol to help him. Making a film that focuses solely on an American marine named Mike (Armie Hammer) who stepped on a landmine and who doesn't dare to take any further steps. You're a very lucky man, Mike and Michael!" Guess it wasn't that simple to do this. You spend the night in the desert and the animals leave you alone. You step on a mine and it doesn't explode. It is a powerful and important story."You're a very lucky man. This film presents an exquisite conundrum: was it morally acceptable for the Danish military to force German POWs to remove the deadly mines that the Nazi army left behind, knowing that most will die or be maimed? Or should this deadly work have been carried out by Danish soldiers? Was the inhumane treatment of teenage soldiers justifiable, regardless of the brutality of the Nazi occupation of Denmark? In the light of such questions, is this film one of justification or a confessional that seeks atonement? Land of Mine shines a bright light on what has hitherto been a dark secret of Danish history. Most war films glorify battle or corner us into cheering one side or the other. This is not entertainment nor is it for faint-hearted viewers several scenes are horrific. These are some of the most heart-pulse racing moments you can experience through film. With camera at sand-level, we see close-up images of teenage warriors with beads of terror trickling down their faces as their sand-covered fingers slowly un-screw a detonator from a mine, knowing that an explosion will tear their body to pieces. The mine-clearing proceeds inch-by-agonising-inch, and the film's plot line inches forward at a similar pace. The acting is remarkable from a mostly unknown cast and Rasmussen's performance captures the very essence of moral conflict. Stunningly realistic cinematography with minute attention to detail amplifies the horror of this story. His characterisation and its transition from hatred to acceptance frames the narrative of this high-tension drama. He must walk the fine line between military obedience, personal hatred of Nazis, and his growing compassion and realisation that these are just boys who were conscripted into battle. With echoes of Stockholm syndrome, both captor and captives find glimpses of humanity in each other that leads to Rasmussen being suspected by his tormenting superiors of going soft on the Germans. Their task is to crawl along the beach by hand, poking a stick in the sand to locate mines, then defuse them before they explode. The Sergeant's treatment of the teenage boys is initially brutal: they live and work in terrible conditions, are practically starved and constantly reminded that everyone in Denmark hates them and nobody cares if they live or die. Danish Sergeant Carl Rasmussen (Roland Møller) is assigned a squad of fourteen German prisoners of war who must clear a beach that contains 45,000 active mines. It is 1945 and the war is over, but the beautiful Danish coastline has two million deadly mines left buried in the sand by the Nazi occupation. This is the psychological space in which we find the extraordinary Danish-German war film Land of Mine (2016). Many of them put guilt and culpability onto the widescreen so that current and future generations may learn from the past. Regardless of whether they are produced by victorious or vanquished countries, the better war films set out facts, acknowledge wrongdoing, express regret, and seek atonement.
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In matters of war, no nation is free of guilt.