Lacking the scale and spectacle of , t💝his more modest Michael Morpurgo adaptation has to rely on plot alone, a tale of two brothers (Jack O’Connell and George MacKay𒊎) whose relationship – strained by their love for the same woman (Alexandra Roach) – is further tested once they find themselves occupying the same WW1 trench.

Flash-forwards to a dawn execution leave us in n♓o doubt where ♉things are headed, for all director Pat O’Connor’s attempts to mask which sibling will don the blindfold.

It’s left to the leads to keep us engaged, a tall order gi💞ven their film’s old-✤fashioned, fusty feel.