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Great Film overall

A Masterpiece!

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The way Townsville has been transformed into a battlefield is astounding enough. The trenches and underground tunnels that feature in the movie are frighteningly real and the Townsville team has done an amazing job replicating the bleak European countryside scattered with trenches as it were then. Careful attention has been paid to the costume and dress of the time with the getup pulling off marvellously. the screenplay has been drafted tightly with the action and suspense maintaining throughout the whole drama. The flashbacks to Woodward's time in Australia are expertly spliced and provide a welcome relief to the eyes from the dark, dinghiness of the pits. the acting is good all round, particularly Edward Woodward's character. The exception is the young girl who cannot act to save her life but luckily she's not in it very much. Watch out for The young boy that plays Tiffen. He is the next Heath Ledger and puts in a fine performance. Overall, an excellent movie that also provides a great educational tool about the underground maneuvorings of the war.

This is a great, sturdy film relying on good acting and story telling.There is nothing to get too exciting about in the way of action or affects but the story is engaging and the characters feel very real and it is easy to empathise with them.The 'war is hell' motif is there but isn't forced down your throat.Production is high and the battlefield scenes look very real and the director made a great decision not to shot everything in pitch blackness.I don't know how accurate the film is but the events are definitely plausible.Not quite Friday night material but definitely worth a watch.

Films about the 'Great War' are few and far between so when one comes along I try my best to see it. This is offering is certainly one of the better in recent times.Although set in the Western Front of Flanders, it follows the fortunes of an Australian unit who are mining under the German lines. The few films of the 'Great War' to feature Australians normally show the Middle Eastern or Turkish theatres but Beneath Hill 60 has them ankle deep in mud and rain.As someone that has an interest in the Western Front, I was impressed the way the front-line was re-created. It was as authentic looking as one could expect considering most of the action took place in the mine shafts beneath the trench systems. Indeed, the dank claustrophobic shafts are captured superbly. As is the constant water and poor lighting. Almost a different world of mute silence which contrasts with the near anarchy of the surface...An Australian reviewer has commented earlier on here about the British and Americans not watching this film. The Americans because they're not featured and the British because they're lampooned. As a Brit I don't feel that there was ANY lampooning by the script - if it WAS intended then it failed. The script itself is well presented and the cast all give very watchable performances.As is the case in these kind of films, there are moments when the tissues have to come out. beneath Hill 60 is no exception. Im pleased that it doesn't dwell too long during the more moving sequences - nor does it use them to win over the audience. Apart from the obvious scenes, there is one part of the film which I found personally moving. in one of the last shots of the film a photograph is taken - one of the Australians is being portrayed as suffering from 'shell-shock' or what we now call PTSD. This is something I recall from own grandfather suffering from before he died when i was a child. Constant shaking and jerking - unable to ever work properly or drive. One of a whole generation of men whose lives were taken away - one way or another.Beneath Hill 60 is not perfect but it IS is a very worthy tribute to those men who lost their lives - on both sides.8/10

This film should be seen by all Australians. It is authentic and extremely well acted; no overacting and no gilding the lily. Take a box of tissues. As an indication of how special this movie was, at the end while the credits were playing, everyone except two people remained in their seats for the entire running time of the credits and the upper part of the theatre was full. I would like to encourage younger people to see it; young people like those who visit Gallipoli would appreciate its significance. It depicts the true nature of the first world war and also depicts the essence of the Australian character; free-spirited, somewhat disrespectful of officer ranks until said officers earn respect. WWI was not like other wars; though the very awfulness of the trenches is obvious, the movie dwells just enough but not too much on this aspect. I hope it is successful overseas though I cannot imagine the British going to see it in large numbers, nor the Americans. The British are gently lampooned once or twice and would not take kindly to this, and the Americans do not get a look in at all so they would not be likely to be motivated to see it. However, if they did, I think they would appreciate it.