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'1917' review — A war movie like we've never seen before

Karl Delossantos
Nov 25, 2019
∙ Paid

Presented in one unbroken shot, 1917 follows two young soldiers as they embark on an impossible mission to warn a battalion of an impending ambush.

One-sentence review: 1917 is not only a technical feat, it’s also an anxiety-inducing war thriller that manages to differentiate itself from anything that’s come before it.

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