It is 1917, WWI, trench warfare continues between the English and the Germans in the flatlands of northern France. Lance corporal Tom Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) is ordered to deliver a letter to the front-line warning of a German ambush they are about to run into and 1600 lives are at risk, including Blake’s brother’s. To deliver this message he has to cross the occupied French countryside but he is assured the Germans have already retreated as part of their ambush plan.
According to this movie, the mastermind behind the UK’s historic referendum was Dominic Cummings (Benedict Cumberbatch). He apparently pretty much single-handedly strategised and architected the Leave campaign with razor sharp focus on simple messages. Take Back Control: use the money we pay every week to Brussels (£350m) for the NHS instead, and keep immigrants out. In short form: £350m and Turkey.
The first installment was extremely slow, the second film was great, but not long into this third movie you have had enough of this long-drawn-out storyline. Let’s hope someone cuts this down to size to one 3 hour movie in the coming years to salvage this prelude to The Lord of The Rings for future generations…