CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

John Grocott Other reviews must be written by people with vested interests. No real story, poor dialogue, poorly acted. 90 minutes of my life completely wasted. I do not often write reviews but in this case made an exception to prevent others from wasting their time. Absolutely awful film. I had to revisit my text as I did not have enough lines for a review, so I am not sure how many times I can write awful but we shall see. the black and white filming gives what I hoped would be an authentic feel to a civil war drama, what you get is poorly shot drivel, a story that does not have a clue where it is going, acting out of your local school play (sorry that's an injustice) and utter crap. Is that enough lines IMDb?

George Brooks When I think of British horror movies (made in Britain, produced by British companies etc), the only noteworthy title that springs to mind is The Wicker Man (28 Days Later at a push). I believe this movie, along with Kill List, shall be regarded in the same light as the aforementioned British horror masterpiece in years to come, and here is why. The story follows a squire fleeing from his master and a raging battle during the English civil war. He comes across 3 other men, one of whom mentions an ale house. We then follow these men on their journey to the pub, but not is all as merry as it seems. A meal of psychedelic mushrooms induces a trip in which the men pull a rope, attached to which is a very evil Michael Smiley. This shaman, in the form of Smiley, proceeds to drug the men (with mushrooms and hooch), force feed them runes and make them look for treasure. Some might say that A Field In England shouldn't be classed as a horror. Trust me, if The Silence of The Lambs can be classed as horror this most certainly is a horror film. The scenes in which the force-feeding of pebbles are happening, even though not in shot, are very disturbing. As for the 10 minute psychedelic trip escapade, that not only the characters are taken on, but the viewer as well; It is one of the most insane pieces of cinema I have seen (in a good way, not a Nicholas cage kind of way). I'd compare it to Gaspar Noe's Enter The Void, which also experimented with strobe lighting and camera effects. The sense of dread and tension that is emitted from this scene is enough to make you want to hide, but you can't turn away from the screen, the madness is just too interesting. The reason I believe this film to be so important is purely the way Wheatley takes you on a genre-bending, magic mushroom fuelled, intoxicating and frankly terrifying trip. This along with Smiley's performance and the beautiful cinematography really make this a film I want to recommend to friends. Also the fact it is set in the English civil war, without having to show us any battles or Kevin Costner playing Cromwell is quite cool. Overall I think this was one of the best films of 2013, and if I was a producer, I'd give Wheatley a large budget to make the best horror film since The Exorcist. 8/10 George Brooks

Adam Peters (37%) A small step back for the up-and-coming director, as this feels more like a film he would have made before becoming as renowned as he has now become. The acting is fine, and the general production for such a low budget piece is decent, but this really is nothing more than an overly experimental art film project that wouldn't be out of place in any film studies class, with its total disregard to follow any sort of plot (maybe because there isn't any) and with 50% of its run time devoted to the characters freaking out, singing, fighting each other (without reason) and long sequences of slow-mo weirdness that go on more often than not without any real outcome. It may be argued that this is not a plot driven film, but without any story to latch on to, actual meaning to anything, and things just happening at pure random, why should I care about anything that happens? This one sadly missed the mark for me by some distance.

trickpixel A pop song is such as where anybody and everybody can get the gist of the beat, the hook and the catch within seconds. Accessibility is key. Metaphorically, this is not a pop song. Rather this is something original and strategically and thoughtfully created despite minimal resources used. Made from a shoe string budget of £300,000 this is a film that in itself is a mushroom trip. If anyone's taken psychedelic mushrooms before, you know that one possible consequence of the evening is that things would occur in repetitive circular cycles. Repeating the same sequence of events over and over unknowingly. This movie feels like a mushroom trip. Shot in black and white, it spirals in and out of control, much like a trip. I watched this solely because Ben Wheatley directed this and I thought Kill List was a pretty damn good, an amazing attempt at something original and cool. Go watch that movie. then take special "mushrooms" and watch this.