Boots on the Ground
Synopsis
In the midst of a firefight the five British soldiers try to find a safe haven to sit out the last night of the Afghan war. Trekking through dense woodland they come across a large imposing British fort dating from the early 19th century. On nearing the entrance to the fort they see 5 other British soldiers enter, with great relief they also enter the fort but find it eerily unoccupied. Where have the British troops gone?
As the night unfolds and their mission is finally explained, they find themselves in a labyrinthine nightmare of seemingly un-combatable spirits from another realm. Time also seems to move in inexplicable ways to the point where they question their own reality. Who will stay alive till midnight, will any, are they already dead?
'Boots on the Ground' makes a little bit of film history by being the first British feature film to be shot entirely by its actors wearing head-cams, mirroring the use of head-cameras by real soldiers in combat situations in 21st century war zones.
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 87 mins
- Format
- 4k
- Director
-
louis melville
- Producer
- alex francis, louis melville
- Executive Producer
- alistair kennedy
- Editor
- lucas roche
- Screenwriter
- louis melville
- Director of Photography
- boyd skinner
- Production Designer
- stephen matthews
- Sound
- pasquin mariani
- Principal cast
- ryan mcparland, tom ainsley, valmike rampersad, sally day, ian virgo
- Film Image
- ©Last Bullet Films
- vfx supervisor
- ben kent
- casting director
- maggie lewis
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Last Bullet Films
Studio 2, The Galleries15-19 Cleveland Way
London
E1 4TZ
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