The Great War

The Great War

No man left behind

R 2019 · 108 min · ★ 6.5 · History, War, Drama, Action

In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers.

Directed by Steven Luke · Written by Steven Luke

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