Tank 432 (2015)

That was an excellent one.

Fresh and Exciting

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

TANK 432 is one of those low budget British horror flicks with little explanation or reason behind it. The story opens in the middle of action as a squad of soldiers are pursued (in the present day) by enemies unknown. Through various stupidities of the story, they take prisoners and hole up inside a tank (actually a large personnel carrier) before finding themselves trapped inside. The amateurish script really lets the movie down, offering across the board unpleasant characters, some quality actors (Rupert Evans, Michael Smiley) unable to do anything with their one-dimensional roles, and dialogue which merely consists of characters repeatedly shouting "what the f is going on?" over and over again. The horrors are left unseen and there are a few violent moments, but nothing that qualifies this as a proper horror movie; just an exercise in tedium, much like A FIELD IN ENGLAND with which this has a few similarities (perhaps A TANK IN A FIELD IN ENGLAND would be a better description). After seeing him in this, THE GHOUL, and PREVENGE, I'm beginning to think that the presence of Tom Meeten in the cast is the kiss of death for any movie.

First off, its not a tank it's an armoured personnel carrier...bit of a faux pas given the non-USA title 'Tank 432'. The film itself is a cheap, confused and poor quality affair; something I would expect from college students at film school who are still anal retentive about their art form. The plot makes little sense and is exploited, badly, for effect rather than story. It has a similar quality to 'The Day' which is essentially another college film, only one done somewhat better

I am shocked that professionals wrote, produced, directed and acted in this movie. Maybe I am assuming too much.I've seen a lot of movies but one of the worst I have seen.So many holes in the story and not by design. So many things that just aren't natural for a human to react that way. Im guessing the tank was numbered 432 or something but if that is explained I missed it. Not sure what country designed that tank but it appears they are much bigger and and a lot more sound proof and sound deadening and on the inside than it appears. The tank also must have an odor disposal system in place too. ..but strangely enough, its not fireproof (sarcasm) I didn't check but I am guessing this movie was made in Europe some where. It reminds me a lot of "Dog Soldiers", but that movie is a lot better.The somewhat of a plot is also worn out....the evil military and government! ....experimenting again. Maybe I was part of the experiment and watching this movie is part of it....now that makes more sense, Its all becoming clear to me now.The only thing different about this movie is that we see a man crap and it shows us close up of his crap as its falling and flashes to his face of relief. Never saw that in a movie before(I'm sure its been done in some cheap fetish flick lol)....that's the biggest creative energy in the movie so if that excites you, then by all means watch away!

Obviously, a low budget, but that a bad film does not make. The direction and acting are not bad at all and actually have some very effective sequences, but they are loaded in the movie's first half. It's the script that is the culprit and it almost seems like the screenwriter ran out of ideas or time or something.Don't be fooled by the first 30 minutes, which are ferocious, dynamic, mysterious and very promising. Sadly, it goes downhill very rapidly and does not recover, descending into paralysis and repetition. The ending is totally disappointing.