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Saltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island

2021 · 82 min

A grim, muddy survival slog where soldiers are stalked and picked off by crocodiles in a swamp.

Directed by
Steve Lawson
Genres
War, Action, Horror
Starring
Glenn Salvage, Jas Steven Singh, Steven Dolton
Overview
During the last desperate months of World War II, an Allied mission to regain Ramree Island off the coast of Burma ends in horror when an embattled group of soldiers find themselves trapped in dense swampland infested with deadly saltwater crocodiles. As the men are picked off one by one by the hungry reptiles, those that remain resort to increasingly desperate measures to survive the onslaught of carnage and get off the island alive.

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Directed by
Steve Lawson
Genres
War, Action, Horror
Starring
Glenn Salvage, Jas Steven Singh, Steven Dolton
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Tone
    Pacing
    relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • survival
    • war
    • violence
    • isolation
    • death
    Places
    • wilderness
    • sea
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore strong
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex none
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action6
    Horror6
    Humour1
    Realism5
    Romance0
    Tension7
    Darkness7
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    war, action, horror, history
    Directed by
    Steve Lawson
    Written by
    Steve Lawson
    Starring
    Glenn Salvage, Jas Steven Singh, Steven Dolton, Ryan Harvey, Charlie Bond, David Hon Ma Chu
    Music
    Matt Jantzen
    Runtime
    82 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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