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| The Bunker - The Evil Is Within [2002] | ![The Bunker - The Evil Is Within [2002]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513A7RV3YWL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Rob Green
Actors: Jason Flemyng, Andrew Tiernan, Christopher Fairbank, Simon Kunz, Andrew Lee Potts
Studio: Salvation Films
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 22523
Format: Anamorphic, Pal, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Running Time: 90 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5034377031188
ASIN: B000085RPK
Theatrical Release Date: September 27, 2002
Release Date: April 21, 2003
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Rent it or watch it when it's on TV..not one for the collection though June 3, 2007
Having read the other reviews on here, I find myself agreeing with part of most of them. On the whole, I enjoyed the film when I saw it on TV. I felt it was very atmospheric most of the way through, but I do agree that maybe there wasn't enough of a payoff at the end.
I feel that any comments about the German soldiers having English accents are slightly unfair. Ultimately, the choice is between having the film in German, with English subtitles, or just having the actors speak English. To have the actors deliver lines in English but with German accents would be ludicrous, as those of us familiar with the "so bad, it's good" British sitcom, "'Allo 'Allo" will understand. I felt it a brave move to have the soldiers not only speaking English, but speaking with regional accents....after all, Germans have regional accents too.
On the whole, a decent film where the journey is more enjoyable that the destination. Not one to watch more than once though, so catch it on TV or borrow it from a friend.
 good in places but finally looses its way May 27, 2007
And so the cross pollination of movie genres continues apace with yet another entry into the war/horror subgenre (as if war in and of itself is not horrific enough) in the shape of the Bunker, a film that mines a similar vein to the likes of R Point or Michael Mann's The Keep.
It is 1944, and the allies have landed at Normandy, with the German army in full retreat. Along the French/Dutch border, a group of seven German soldiers, desperately trying to elude an unseen enemy (the Americans maybe?), happen across a bunker manned by two fellow soldiers, an old man, and a young lad. Taking refuge in the bunker, the tensions of the group and their situation soon begin to take its toll on all concerned as guilt, fear and recriminations abound. On top of all this, the bunker hides a secret, as we are soon informed that the something is lurking in tunnels below the bunker, something not altogether human. That the bunker is built on the sight of a medieval massacre only serves to unsettle things even more. Pretty soon, the enemy outside is forgotten as the enemy within begins to make its presence felt.
A cast of familiar faces (including Charley Boorman, Jack Davenport, Andrew Tiernan and Jason Fleyming as Cpl Baumann, the closest thing to a hero this film has) make a good go of the material, and director Rob Green handles the mounting tension between the soldiers with an initial deft hand, leaving things unseen and unsaid that only serve to build the tension, but unfortunately after such a promising start, the film falls down somewhat in the closing stages, as a combination of madness, duty and loyalty take their toll on the men, and a guilty secret that may well be the real source of all the horror is revealed. Unfortunately, it feels as if we have been watching a puzzle for the preceding two thirds of the movie, and suddenly we are confronted with the fact that some of the pieces are missing. Several plot points are either forgotten about or discarded altogether in the final half hour, and the film seems to fizzle out as a result. Plenty of potential then, but ultimately fails to make a coherant whole.
 Save you dosh! April 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sometimes when I see a films ratings I think others have perhaps watched a different title to the one I have seen. This film is one of those. The storyline starts out OK but then goes nowhere when it could have given so much more. The acting was quite pityful but considering what they had to work on I guess it's no surprise.To me there was NO suspense and it was easy to anticipate what was coming which made it even more boring.If possible I would have given NO stars.I wasted my money don't do the same!
Plenty of creepy potential, but the film just fizzles in the last half hour December 31, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Have you ever put a puzzle together, only to discover that a couple of pieces are missing in the end? It's a bummer, right? You can still see the puzzle image with a good understanding of exactly what it is depicting, but it's still incomplete, and you're left feeling frustrated. That's basically the way I feel about The Bunker. I know what the film is trying to express, and I even understand the story, but I can't get past the missing pieces that would have made the story much more effective. Maybe I shouldn't have started watching it at 3 AM, but I just didn't feel that The Bunker made complete sense toward the end, as it never really threshes out some of its characters and ideas.
The pieces seemed to be in place for a pretty creepy film. It's 1944, and you've got a ragtag group of German army survivors holed up in an anti-tank bunker, with - presumably - American forces all around them and a mysterious, unfinished tunnel system below. Into this mix you also have some disaffection among the troops and some important questions as to what really happened out in the field just before these guys retreated into the bunker. Trapped between an enemy without and an enemy within, the viewer is basically poised to find out just what or who will get to these desperate soldiers first. The fact that two of these soldiers are an old man with a habit of getting things mixed up and a young teenager eager to prove himself just makes things more interesting. As for those tunnels beneath the bunker, all we know is that they were never finished and that there's something decidedly not good about them. The old man tells the story of how a large number of bubonic plague victims were rounded up, slaughtered, and buried there on what then became cursed ground.
Naturally, someone disobeys orders and heads down there, and it's not long before the others are down there seeing what they can find. Soon enough, things start to get really weird. The men hear strange voices, get separated, and begin to lose it - especially one really gung ho soldier. Some of them think the Americans are already in the tunnels and are trying to screw with their minds, while others fear they are being punished by the dead for their sins - for reasons that are gradually revealed in a series of flashbacks to the events immediately preceding their retreat into the bunker. Of course, the dark souls of those once slaughtered there also can't be ignored completely.
With so much going for it, though, the film just sort of fizzles in the final half hour, leaving the viewer with something that barely manages to rise above the level of a bunch of guys wandering through some creepy tunnels. With all of the hard work that went into the film, especially in terms of generating the creepy, claustrophobic atmosphere, you expect a much bigger payoff that you actually get.
This was not a big-budget film, and it is sort of strange for a bunch of German soldiers to speak English with the queen's accent (but much stranger to see a seemingly random mix of English and German signs displayed at different times), but these issues could have been overcome by a really effective storyline. Unfortunately, though, The Bunker just doesn't deliver the goods in the end. It's a good try, though, and is certainly worth watching by anyone with an interest in psychological horror.
Slightly Disapointing April 18, 2004
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
This film is based on a great concept, but left me feeling slightly disappointed. It is similar in a way to Michael Mann's "The Keep", but not quite as well executed.The film is very low budget, and full of murky camerawork, sketchy plot and vague dailogue. In my view it also suffers from having British actors playing the roles of German soldiers. The ending is quite clever with flashbacks to previous events, but overall a disappointment.
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