6/10
David Thewlis Filmography Project
27 September 2019
Warning: Spoilers
#24 Queen and Country

Sergeant Major Bradley = The Deranged Character

Pros: I want to clarify that I saw this film without having seen its first part Hope and Glory, I think that if you have not seen the first part will not affect that you look at this. In this sequel to the 1987 film, we meet the torturer Sergeant Bradley who is in charge of having under his control a young army of English soldiers during the Korean War in 1952. More than anything there are three things I want to distinguish from this sequel: 1) All the moments in the military camp are nice and fluid (being honest I was looking forward to seeing more events in there) 2) Richard E. Grant always makes great supporting characters in every film that appears and he is a reason for me to keep watching it. 3) Sergeant Bradley is the most distinctive character in the entire film and brings great dynamism to the story.

Cons: What I liked the least was precisely the opposite. When Bill returns home the film feels completely disinterested to my liking, the love story (?) between Bill and Ophelia doesn't stand out at all, it doesn't add anything motivating to the film, to be frank about having to watch the ending of David's poor character in bed really makes me feel sorry for myself. I find the treatment given to the character unfair, but what are we going to do?
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