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https://scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2062534/film-review-land-mine-german-prisoners-defuse-land-mines-nerveFilm & TV
Film review: Land of Mine – German prisoners defuse land mines in nerve-shredding second world war drama
The Hurt Locker meets Dead Poets Society in story of German captives sent to clear Danish beaches of landmines, many never to return, and the redemption of sadistic army officer in charge of them
The Hurt Locker meets Dead Poets Society in story of German captives sent to clear Danish beaches of landmines, many never to return, and the redemption of sadistic army officer in charge of them
4/5 stars
Combining the nerve-shredding tension of Oscar winner The Hurt Locker with Dead Poets Society’s compassion for wilful adolescence, Land of Mine carefully sidesteps the clunky pun of its title to tell a powerful, moving story of young men sacrifiiced to war and its equally violent aftermath.