The Bunker (2001)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Rob Green

Writer:

Clive Dawson (written by)

Release Date:

27 September 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller | War

Tagline:

The evil is within.

Plot:

Seven German soldiers are enclosed in one bunker during the Second World War. They soon feel surrounded by enemies...

Plot Keywords:

Bunker | Soldier | Tunnel | German Army | WWII

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jason Flemyng	...	Cpl. Baumann
Andrew Tiernan	...	LCpl. Schenke
Christopher Fairbank	...	Sgt. Heydrich
Simon Kunz	...	Lt. Krupp
Andrew Lee Potts	...	Pvt. Neumann
John Carlisle	...	Pvt. Mirus
Eddie Marsan	...	Pfc. Kreuzmann
Jack Davenport	...	LCpl. Ebert
Charley Boorman	...	Pfc. Franke
Nicholas Hamnett	...	Pvt. Engels
Peter O'Connor	...	Corporal 1
Josh Cole	...	Corporal 2
Iain McKee	...	Private
Nick Rutherford	...	Deserter
Simon D'Arcy	...	SS officer (as Simon Darcy)

Also Known As:

The Bunker: The Evil Is Within (UK) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

95 min | UK:92 min | USA:88 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Black Park Country Park, Wexham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Millennium Pictures

Goofs:

Factual errors: The U.S. Third Armored Division, which was part of the U.S. First Army in France, was often confused with General Patton's Third Army. Many of the Third Armored Division's achievements have been wrongly ascribed to Patton's Third Army due to this confusion.

Quotes:

Pfc. Franke: We won't stand a chance!
Cpl. Baumann: You'd rather die down here on your own?

Movie Connections:

References Suspiria (1977)

Slow paced, but worth it

I've started to watch this on a few different occasions, but for whatever reason I've never gotten the whole way through. Until tonight that is, and I wish I hadn't put it off so long! Though it moves at a very slow pace, it's worth it in the end. There are some very tense and creepy scenes, especially once the soldiers begin to lose their grip on sanity near the end of the film. I do have some gripes with the movie however. First off, I cant quite fathom why a battalion of German soldiers all has British accents. Sure, the actors were good and everything, but you think they would have at least tried to sound German, eh? That aside however, this is a surprisingly tense and atmospheric horror film. Any worries that I may have had about Rob Green directing the Dog Soldiers sequel are officially washed away.

7.5/10