Review – The Bunker (2001)

I just don’t get it. War movies rock. Horror movies rock. But for some bizarre reasons the two combined seem to cancel each other out. To be fair, this isn’t a bad movie. Indeed, among “weird war” movies this one stands out as one of the better examples of the sub-genre. German soldiers fleeing the Allied assault in late 1944 take refuge in an anti-tank bunker. It’s their bad luck that the place is connected to a series of tunnels that lead to some sinister stuff. It’s a fastball wind-up, but it turns out to be a slow-moving knuckleball of a pitch. If ever there was a time to not go the strictly-psychological route to chills, this was the moment. The script is good. The cast is good. The production values are good, especially for a low-budget picture. It just never quite manages to pan out. Mildly amusing