1917 is Sam Mendes’ – of American Beauty and Skyfall fame – critically acclaimed war epic shot in long takes and cut together in such a way that it appears as one continuous shot.
It is April 1917, and General Erinmore (Colin Firth) tasks Lance Corporals Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and Schofield (George MacKay) to deliver an urgent message to Colonel Mackenzie (Benedict Cumberbatch) of the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, ordering them to stop a planned attack on…