22 Jan 2018

HALFWAY SOLID


There was a wave of innovative movie scripts in the nineties that wanted to offer a different perspective of war insanity and its futility. „A midnight clear” is one of those attempts, although it may be considered only half successful.

Intro about the group of American reconnaissance soldier stranded deep in the Ardennes prior to the Nazi offensive experiencing eerie provocation from the enemy is certainly the better part of the movie, playing around with the viewer’s mind.

However, the second part of the movie and its conclusion fail to materialize that leverage, leaving the script and a solid cast of young actors (Hawke, K. Dillon, Berg) to hang somewhere in between.

„A midnight clear” could have been a great war movie, but it’s only a solid one.






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