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I would love to be able to give this film a ten because the premise is actually really smart, but it gets let down by not having the resources to deliver the scale and quality of effects needed to do the idea justice. It starts as a slasher film but quickly hints at supernatural undertones and neatly meshes the slasher/creature genres until the twist. No spoilers but John Rhys-Davies (who is as always superb here - "Nobody tosses a dwarf!") provides a chilling monologue that grounds the story in the true history of WWII, delivered in a way that is emotive, thought provoking and entirely unusual in this type of movie! I was utterly hooked from the first ten minutes, which are basically non-stop action, but the WWII hook really grabbed me and had me on the edge of my seat for the last act (basically an advance to battle which would've benefitted from a lot more troops!) I was still thinking about the story the next day and looked a few of the facts up on Google to check if stuff mentioned in the film really happened. Really recommend checking this out as long as you can look past its budget restrictions. Would love to see this concept remade with more money.

So I didn't really know what to expect from this film, but I ended up thoroughly enjoying it! As a life long WWE fan, I'm always intrigued when wrestlers pop up in films and former IC champ/King of the Ring Wade Barrett (under his real name here) is great in this movie squaring up against none other than footballing hard man Vinnie Jones. Look, it's not gonna win any Oscars so if you're looking for arthouse, thought provoking, visionary cinema, then this isn't for you, but the action is great, it's non stop from start to end and entertaining as hell.