Before Dawn

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Before Dawn

R

Released Jul 19

1h 35m

War

Drama

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After leaving his family's sheep farm in the Australian outback, a young man joins his countrymen on the western front of World War I with hopes of helping expedite an end to the bloody conflict. But as war rages on, he is forced to grapple with the brutal realities of trench warfare, including a near-constant battle to keep himself alive--without leaving another man behind.

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

I had trouble suspending disbelief. To start with, for all the effort that has gone into digging trenches and sourcing uniforms, I was never entirely persuaded that the heroes were fighting on the Western Front.

Rated: 1.5/5

Apr 5, 2024

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Luke Buckmaster

Guardian

There were times, particularly early on, when I couldn’t help but think, “These are just actors performing in a hole in the ground.”

Rated: 2/5

Apr 5, 2024

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

The script needs a bit more time, a bit more work, the direction needs a bit more finessing, the acting is as it can with the writing and direction, and the cinematography saves the film from feeling like a bit of a waste of time.

Oct 3, 2024

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Justin Bower

Loud and Clear Reviews

Before Dawn had the potential to rise above an oversaturation of World War movies, but fails to deliver substantive character development and smooth editing.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 20, 2024

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Joel Copling

Spectrum Culture

There are no new ideas in Before Dawn.

Jul 23, 2024

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Jayne Nelson

Radio Times

The trench-set drama is poignant, and the film does deliver some important emotional lessons.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 22, 2024

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simon b

Don't know why this film has so many knockers. i thought it was great.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/01/24

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Chris F

Nup it was solid and I refuse to hear otherwise. I freaking loved it. Some very clever acting in parts.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/18/24

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D J

was very average, wanted to fast forward, got seriously bored, did not arouse any other emotion. Kept thinking this looks like a tractor just dug a hole in out back Western Australia.. fake snow was TERRIBLE.. Cheesy Australian trite / accents and not very convincing.. would have been more interesting putting some of the trench soil under a microscope

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/10/24

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Luke R

I’m not sure as to why there is so many negative reviews. This film really captures the poignant truth of the war and its effect on Australian culture at the time. These where adolescent men who where sold a false romanticised dream and experienced so much loss and horror. Young men who where forced to make life or death decisions; see their best mates die and loose so much. Those who survived and came back were never truly understood and on some cases created multigenerational trauma.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/30/24

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jeff h

WW1 mateship movies are an Aussie staple. This is ok, but obviously lacked budget for anything other than a few young actors on the way up.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/27/24

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Thomas S

Not popular with the usual suspects but I thought this was a good watch . Well-acted and authentic film about the brave ANZACS

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/26/24

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Synopsis

After leaving his family's sheep farm in the Australian outback, a young man joins his countrymen on the western front of World War I with hopes of helping expedite an end to the bloody conflict. But as war rages on, he is forced to grapple with the brutal realities of trench warfare, including a near-constant battle to keep himself alive--without leaving another man behind.

Director: Jordon Prince-Wright
Producer: Jordon Prince-Wright
Screenwriter: Jarrad Russell
Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment
Production Co: Prince-Wright Productions
Rating: R
Genre: War, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 19, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 19, 2024
Runtime: 1h 35m

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