The mark of the Saints and Soldiers franchise has been a mission to create an authentic visual product in spite of the limitations of a non-Hollywood budget. Gerald’s world-weary likability is a strong match for his character, and his relationship with Simms forms the moral center of the film. Carey Simms, played by Adam Gregory) who are uncomfortable with his presence. Owens is fighting two wars at the same time, against the Germans and the fellow Allied soldiers (led by Cpl. Jesse Owens (Danor Gerald), a former tank commander (and, no, not the Olympian) reassigned to driving duty under suspicious circumstances.

It is within this context that we meet Sgt. When a destroyer tank crew is ambushed by German fire after being diverted into a danger zone called The Void, lives still hang in the balance.īut while “The Void’s” surface conflict is between the embattled American troops and the desperate German soldiers hunting them, the film’s title also carries a double meaning, referring to the gap between African-American soldiers and their white counterparts. But even if many feel the war is over, others sense danger. Hitler has already committed suicide, and the Allies are sweeping away the last vestiges of the Nazi army. “The Void” is set during the last days of the European theater in May 1945. Like that first film and its 2012 follow-up (“Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed”), “ Saints and Soldiers: The Void” offers another intimate look at the soldiers who fought in World War II and the moral issues they faced. It’s been 11 years since director Ryan Little’s “Saints and Soldiers” arrived in theaters, providing one of the sharpest and most compelling entries of the early “Mormon cinema” era.

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