The hellish cacophony of war rattles the airways as soldiers by the thousands are either mangled by gunfire, silenced by twists of cold steel, or blinked out of existence entirely by one of many wicked tools of combustion. However they go, they all go screaming as their ultimate sacrifice moves their respective fronts forward and back pitiful meters at a time. And even when peace harks from the heavens and lingers on the horizon for all to see, many turn away in favor of senseless bloodlust, shrouded in the fallacy of glory and honor. Based on the best selling book of the same name, Edward Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Front is a film drenched in the horror of World War 1, highlighting the grueling, blood-soaked reality of trench warfare as it’s fully and unnecessarily perpetuated by pride and dubious diplomacy. Throughout the film we follow Paul, a young high school student, and his friends as they are swept up in rousing speeches of German pride that ultimately convince them t...