1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines (2016)

You have to go back ... back into time. Way back into time that is. As the title suggests 120 years ago right now. You did not have many means of communication, so when you found yourself in a compromising situation, you did not have the opportunity to call for help that easily as it might be today. So Spanish Soldiers find themselves in a very strange war situation with a man at helm who seems determined but also one that goes by he book (for better or worse).

The main character has his positive and negative traits. Something we will come to learn during the course of the movie. He is played by a very famous spanish actor. So there is immediately a certain gravitas. But even people who may see him for the first time will feel his screen presence. And while this is a general (no pun intended) war situation, it does revolve around him and what happened ... obviously not everything will have played out as shown on screen (there could not be enough information for that much detail), but overall this is quite draining ... as it should be