Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom, Spain, India
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
- race against time
- world war i
- british army
- survival
- soldier
- period drama
- real time
- trenches
- 1910s
- trench warfare
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
George MacKay
Lance Corporal Schofield
Dean-Charles Chapman
Lance Corporal Blake
Mark Strong
Captain Smith
Andrew Scott
Lieutenant Leslie
- Richard Madden — Lieutenant Blake
- Claire Duburcq — Lauri
- Colin Firth — General Erinmore
- Benedict Cumberbatch — Colonel MacKenzie
- Daniel Mays — Sergeant Sanders
- Adrian Scarborough — Major Hepburn
- Chris Walley — Private Bullen
- Nabhaan Rizwan — Sepoy Jondalar
- Jamie Parker — Lieutenant Richards
- Tommy French — Private Butler
- Paul Tinto — NCO Baker
- Directed
- Sam Mendes
- Written
- Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Production
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 13,859 ratings
- Studio
- DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, New Republic Pictures, Neal Street Productions, Mogambo Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
