Rent D-Day Survivor (2014)

Enjoyable war movie with some great dialogue, despite its faults. - D-Day Survivor review by PV

I did not expect to like this film, so was surprised when I was enjoying it so much, especially the first half.

The was the 4 characters bounce off each other, as characters are revealed, is fun. I liked the various character arcs and subplots. The goodies, the baddies etc may be a bit cartoon character at times - but some issues were handled really well, I thought.

The latter half of the film gets weaker imho. But it's still enjoyable.

Not sure sure if it is really a true story, or a pretend one claiming to be true - wait until the end to see what happened to the characters. But then people have been doing that since Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels, each of whch claimed to be true in their day.

I found the classical score a bit odd and irritating, but why not? All the composers are long-dead decomposers now, so no rights or royalties to worry about paying.

3.5 stars rounded up.

This is what happens when the school drama club have a few spare quid and time to kill… - D-Day Survivor review by Schrödinger's Cake

I am in general a huge fan of low-budget films, and can easily overlook a bit of thin plot, and some heath-robinson CGI etc. as long as it does a good job of telling a story. For a great example of this, you could do a lot worse than take a look at Primer: great story, absorbing acting and they have sensibly avoided splurging any of the budget on CGI. Awesome.

D-Day Survivor is the complete opposite: a total car-crash of drama-club acting, terrible effects and a ropey plot.

They’d have been better off adding some canned-laughter and positioning it as a parody…