Storyline

A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the recordings can be played back by other troops to divert the enemy to their whereabouts. As they progress to what they think is closer to the base camp they find themselves farther and farther from radio range until the only channel they can get clearly is that of a Japanese broadcast. They now realize they are probably only 10 to 15 miles from a Japanese camp! The tension is added to by rowdy and openly admitted "non-hero" Private Bamforth who has nothing good to say about anyone and especially Corporal Johnstone (who holds an equal dislike for Bamforth). When a Japanese soldier is taken as their prisoner, the true colors of each man comes to the surface ...—McGinty

Plot Keywords

prisoner of war, british army, japanese army, year 1942, abandoned mine, explosive, explosion, crushed to death, punched in the face, man crying, machine gun, submachine gun, world war two, sergeant, photograph, stabbed with a bayonet, stabbed in the stomach, shot in the chest, shot in the face, shot in the head

Short Review

As far as the war is concerned, we see a good deal of physical violence and squalor, but the detail is unconvincing; and what, out of it all, is it trying to say, meaning us to feel?

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