Burial

When I saw the ratings, I thought I was in for a bad film but I took a chance anyway. It's not brilliant, but it's a good little flick. Simple, but somewhat thoughtful and timely in a world where the manipulation of truth to influence people's actions has become an interesting & relevant conversation. Based on some historic realities, it spins a tale that about the truth, remembrance, and the ugly sides of war. The performances are reasonably solid though - again- not earth moving or award winning. Felton holds his own. Harriet Walter is strong. And Barry Ward shows some real charisma in an ancillary role. It would seem the reviews were a tad harsh, imo.

Stumbling upon the 2022 war thriller "Burial", and never having heard about it, of course I had to sit down and watch what writer and director Ben Parker had to offer. I didn't even read the movie's synopsis, so I literally didn't know what I was in for here. And while the movie was watchable enough for what it turned out to be, then I can't claim that "Burial" was a movie that I took away much enjoyment or entertainment from. The storyline just felt somewhat bland and also somewhat pointless really. Sure, there were interesting concepts here, but the overall viewing experience of writer and director Ben Parker's war thriller just didn't cut it for my liking. I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble here, but I will say that the actors and actresses managed to put on good enough performances, despite the fact of having a subpar script, characters and storyline to work with. Visually then "Burial" had a good enough World War II feel to it, however you're not going to find yourself in for a visual tour de force if you sit down to watch this particular movie. The fact that everyone was speaking English just didn't really work for me. Sure, I get that it is for a more easy viewing experience and to get out to a larger audience, but it just takes away from the authenticity of a movie set in a non-English speaking environment. While I managed to sit through the entire 95 minutes, then I was only slightly entertained. This is not a movie that you will find me recommending people to rush out and get to watch. Nor is it a movie that I will ever sit down to watch for a second time. My rating of "Burial" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

This is a Director Ben Parkers 2nd movie, give him time. There's a little insight at Polish people misery in WWII, which I am sympathetic as an Estonian. Our nation suffered kind a similar fate in WWII, like a meat grinder between nazi and soviet forces. Overall, a simple war movie. No big battles, no big fancy special effects, no big budget. Idea is good, I think, but something is lacking. Or maybe it is bad editing. There are some really odd moments. Like if actor takes his hand form under coat and it is full of blood looks like homemade movie. But then again if it would have been Tom Hanks maybe it had been ok. But anyways director Ben needs to keep going.

What brilliant bureaucrat bought this script for the studio? They must surely be unemployed by now. There are no actors or directors for this film; just people moving around and spouting dialogue. The werewolf scenes are pretty funny, though. But I believe the writer intended them to be serious. The plot is based on historical fact; Stalin was a hard guy to please. Hitler's death, by the way, was verified by a German dentist's assistant. Stalin's reward was eight years imprisonment for her. So these bones meant nothing without the dental records. So, basically, the plot of the film is useless as well.

I hate tuning into movies that are advertised as being horror films, and turn out to be anything but. "Burial" is one of those movies. The premise is that Russian soldiers near the end of WWII find Adolf Hitler's remains, and are tasked with transporting the corpse to Moscow so that Josef Stalin can see the body with his own eyes. According to the promos for this farce, the Russian soldiers are targeted by Naxi werewolves who are intent on recovering Hitler's corpse. Instead of horror movie lycanthropes, however, the "werewolves" are Nazi soldiers and sympathizers. One of them even runs around in a fur suit with an attached wolf head. There are no supernatural creatures in this movie at all. It's a war film, not a horror movie, and it's not even a very good one. So, don't be mislead and tune in expecting horror movie.

This movie was categorized as a horror film on Amazon. What a mistake! Definitely not a horror film. With that being said, I was totally disappointed with this 6.99 rental. The film is watchable but more of a lower budget war film. War is horrific but this is not a horror film. Absolutely zero horror here. If looking for a decent lower budget war movie about small group of Russians transporting the dead body of Hitler, give it a shot otherwise I'd say run from this mess. This one is a bit of a bore with just enough to keep one viewing. This on could have been great given the premise but came up quite short.