Interesting slant on the war movie genre
“Foxhole” focuses on five same-named American characters in wars from three different centuries — The Civil War, World War I, and the war in Iraq. Tracing similarities that hold true for all wars and dealing with how soldiers balance fear, tedium, and duty to survive, the film explores human strengths and shortcomings.<br /><br />Bookended by overhead views of dead soldiers, the film immediately establishes the tragedy of war. Each of the three stories is a self-contained drama with the enemy mostly alluded to but rarely seen.<br /><br />In the Civil War episode, black soldier Jackson (Motell Gyn Foster) is wounded in vicious hand-to-hand combat with a Confederate soldier (Asa Spurlock). Jackson makes his way through a mist-covered battlefield to fellow Union soldiers Conrad (Angus O’Brien), Morton (Alex Hunt), Clark (Cody Kostro) and Wilson (James LeGros), who are digging a foxhole. Evaluating whether they should continue following their orders to dig the foxhole or take the wounded Jackson to medics five miles away, they debate issues of racism, self-preservation, and responsibility to the many over the individual.<br /><br />The World War I episode, shot in black and white, finds a German soldier dropping into the American soldiers’ foxhole, where the debate becomes whether to kill him or regard him as a fellow human being running from death on the battlefield. Jackson opts for preserving the German’s life, while his fellow soldiers, having the power of life or death over another person, philosophically but often rashly, consider the choice they must make.<br /><br />The final episode, set in Iraq, finds the group of Americans stranded in a Humvee disabled by an IED. Since this is the modern army, the group also has a female member, Gale (Andy Matichak). Jackson is now the leader, confident and keeping his calm under enormous pressure as they are sitting ducks separated from their convoy, with enemy combatants nearby.<br /><br />Despite a small budget, director Jack Fessenden serves up impressive production values and Collin Brazie’s cinematography adds significantly to atmosphere, providing each of the episodes with a distinctive look that suggests the era portrayed. Transitions blending one segment into the next are done with mist or clouds of dust. After the Iraq sequence, the scene shifts briefly to show post-war vignettes with a bit of elegiac narration.<br /><br />“Foxhole” offers excellent ensemble acting. Using the same actors for each episode allows us to see how their characters remain consistent or change with the times. The ultimate statement that director Fessenden is making is that war draws disparate individuals together in extraordinary circumstances, forcing them to get along with each other in order to survive, make tough decisions, and recognize the value of human life.<br /><br />Bonus materials on the Region A Blu-ray release include an audio commentary, full-length documentary, music video, short film, Q & A, booklet, and reversible sleeve artwork.<br /><br />Though “Foxhole” is an ambitious film with a worthwhile theme, the use of the same actors in all three segments is more theatrical than cinematic. Fessenden manages to hold the viewer’s attention with constantly changing camera angles and by infusing the film with a good deal of suspense, but the movie’s budgetary limitations undermine it with the practically invisible enemy. We hear about them, and the soldiers convey fear, yet the fear never translates into something tangible. Fessenden’s dialogue is reminiscent of vintage war movies with its stock characters — the old-timer, the bigot, the leader, the philosopher. What’s missing is the joker, which might have lightened the mood somewhat. As it stands, “Foxhole” is a noble experiment that never completely works.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Over 36 hours in three different wars, a small group of soldiers grapples with mortality, futility, and an increasingly volatile combat situation..