Ghosts of War (2020)

 


The poster looks better than the movie actually is. (Photo courtesy of IMDB)

Ghosts of War, which was released in June 2020 is a horror war film set during World War 2. Directed by Eric Bress (Final Destination 2 & 3, Kyle XY) and starring a smattering of established actors including Brenton Thwaites (Gods of Egypt, Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge), Theo Rossi (Sons of Anarchy) and Skylar Astin (Pitch Perfect, Wreck-it-Ralph), falls short of a good movie. 

With the budget for so many good actors, you'd think they would've hired a better writer or even chosen a better script to work in. 

"Nice load bearing pillars. It'd be a shame if someone... fragged them..." (Photo courtesy of Variety)

Ghosts of War starts out with five American soldiers resting in a dark forest somewhere in France. The soldiers, led by Brenton Thwaites' character Chris, have received orders to defend a French castle previously occupied by the Nazi high command. What's supposedly an easy task quickly turns sideways as the soldiers are assaulted by ominous sounds and gruesome images. 

 "Knock-knock" "Who's there?" "No one" "No one whoAARRRGHHH!" (Photo courtesy of Bloody Disgusting)

For a movie with such a stellar cast of actors, it seemed to me like it would've been picked up by a large studio. I mean, Billy Zane was in it (shut your mouth, that man is a national treasure). But Ghosts of War went straight to DirecTV and then On Demand. 

Was it a good horror movie? Some parts of it, yes. But overall was it good? I'd honestly say it was meh. The backstory of the ghosts that starred in it was so-so and the character designs left little to be desired, but for the first half an hour, it was a pretty decent movie. The only thing that tripped it up was at the end when they divulged the sci-fi twist. Imagine reading the story about the tortoise and the hare, but the reason the hare lost wasn't because it took a nap, no, it was because it decided to snort two pounds of cocaine and commit rape. It's enough to make you go, "whuh tha fuuuhhh". 

It's basically like a scene from Assassin's Creed (2016), if you catch my drift. The only way to truly understand my frustration at the end scene is to watch it, but I suggest just streaming because I don't want you to waste money on my behalf. 

"Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good. Especially since Ghosts of War sucked as bad as Assassin's Creed"


The ending really threw an abnormally sized wrench in the movie and because of that, i'm giving it two ghost emojis out of five. 

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