This Australien film is about the horrors if the First World War's trench wars. Three British soldiers are lost out in the so called no mans land, between the two forces of war on the West Front. The film starts off with the order of sending the men out on a suicide mission against the enemy front. After the shooting is over, the three find each other, and that one of them is severely injured. What's even worse is that they have to get out, because they know there will be an air raid against the enemy front in a few hours time. Then have to get back.Director Johan Earl had casted himself in the main role here, in his second feature film. after working more ad an actor and special effects man for years. It's been 14 years since his last film.Making a good depiction of the horrific trench war is not each, and I think it's well done here, though it's made on a very small budget. I like a good true war story told on film, but it's difficult for actors to bear a drama, especially when if comes to dialog and dramatic feelings on screen. The actors do their very best here, what I'm not too fond of, is the side story back home. Not back acted, but if makes the temperature in the film fail. The film would have been better concentrating on which story is the most important, and what should be the main theme of the film.The best and most exciting scene comes towards the end of the film, so don't give up too early!The music is OK, but used badly between the two different scenes of the film, and feels forced and too loud on the "back home-scenes". I solos wonder why the Germans have to be so ugly and scarred. Not necessary if you ask me. The movie is also a bit slow, and is over without getting the satisfaction you really want out of it.Except if your specially keen on war movies, this isn't the one you should be going out of bonds to get hold of.

Usually when you get to see those movies that are either directed and/or produced by people starring in the movie as well, you know it is going to be bad.However, I will say that "Forbidden Ground" managed to pull it off well enough. Sure, this isn't a war epic on Hollywood over-the-top scale. But the story was told in a nice enough way, and it was with characters that you got attached to and characters that actually had personalities and flaws.That being said, then it should also be noted that the entire movie basically takes place over a couple of hours in the movie time frame, as we follow a group of soldiers trying to storm and assault a German trench, but getting gunned down and having to make their way back to safe ground before the artillery starts raining death upon the Germans.Yes, the movie is entertaining, but it is nowhere near the scales such as "Saving Private Ryan" or "Band of Brothers", so don't expect this kind of storytelling or war movie.I found "Forbidden Ground" to progress at a nice pace, and the movie actually wasn't really dull. However, the side-story with the abortion and infidelity was a bit too forced, and the movie would have fared better without this aspect to the story."Forbidden Ground" is well worth a watch if you enjoy war movies, and haven't anything better within reach. It should at least be watched just once.

Not perfect, but it's more accurate to what WW1 would have been compared to all of these Americanized "real" war movies, except for one part when the Private is running and is never hit...until he is blown up in the trench. I felt explosions and bullets were real, and I didn't see anyone getting their leg blown off and saying "It's a flesh wound!" Real war is being hit with one bullet, not like these other movies that have multiple bullet wounds and they walk away. The story of the wife, I felt could have been left out, even though it added irony and drama to the typical war theme, but I wanted it to be a war movie only. Also, there could have been more battle scenes perhaps. Dialogue was okay, although it seemed a tack calm for war, truth be told. There were a few cheesy lines.

Ugly Germans, cute Brits, and a female abortion is equal to trench warfare. Self-righteous, moralizing garbage. There is no place for subtleness, complexity when all is black and white in a fanatic's mind. The worst thing here about abortion: it cuts down the number of eligible conscripts.I write this revue in a wane hope that it just might slow down "the march of Christian Soldiers" towards the next world war.Here's a suggestion: on par with an "Oscar" let's have a "Golden Goebbels" award for justifying war, making it acceptable, palatable and selling it all to minors as an exciting way to do "the wright thing". Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" and "War Horse" come to mind. We all know that "war is a racket" and this film it's newest addition.