The War Zone (1999) Reviews & Ratings

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The War Zone reviews

The War Zone holds a 6.8/10 average from 200 TMDB ratings.

Darkness in Devon. Tim Roth dons the directing hat for the first time and brings to the screen a shattering tale of incest and child abuse. Alexander Stuart adapts from his own novel and it stars Ray Winstone, Lara Belmont, Freddie Cunliffe and Tilda Swinton. Story is about a family who have moved from London to the Devonshire coast. The son, Tom, is unhappy and feels alienated in the new surroundings, but when he d…
— John Chard (9/10)

An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.

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