Plot
In the winter of 1862, during the Civil War, the U.S. Army sends a volunteer company to patrol the uncharted western territories. Minervini had a set built in Montana and then let the cast live there for two months. The dialogue and the thoughts expressed are those the actors came up with while living in the wilderness, imagining themselves as soldiers in the Civil War. “The Damned” is a completely boring movie. It feels like someone shot a home video on a phone or an old camcorder. While the scenery is pretty, the soldiers just wander around and do nothing. The changing seasons and snowfall do little to add to the experience. Overall, it’s a complete waste of time. It would be better to watch a traffic jam from a big city window – much more entertaining than this movie. I thought the directors and filmmakers were famous, but I’d never heard of them. It seems like the most iconic filmmakers make films for cross-cultural audiences, not average people like me.