Film Review – Mine

In an unusual development, “Mine” is the second European production about the threat of landmines to hit U.S. shores in 2017. Denmark’s “Land of Mine” brought its share of intensity and horror as it visited the terrors of World War II to inspire its take on the omnipresent threat of buried explosives. Italy’s “Mine” doesn’t have the same regality, but it does have a lead turn from Armie Hammer, the America star of “The Lone Ranger,” “The Social Network,” and “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” Hammer is the big draw for the movie, which largely rests on his ability to fill 100 minutes of screen time with varying degrees of suffering, confusion, and enlightenment, remaining the sole focus of the effort. It’s a hard work for Hammer, who’s trapped in feature-length effort that should’ve been a short film instead, with directors Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinaro failing to come up with enough substance to keep the film compelling. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com