Mackenzie Munro

  • 31 July 2013

I Declare War Trailer

It's not unusual for children of today to run around the playground playing soldiers, to spend their time at home playing war-based computer games and to fashion makeshift weapons from any available resources. But what happens when you take the 'playtime' concept out of the picture? When a group of 12-year-olds decide to play a game of Capture The Flag, the idea seems totally innocent. But events become more and more disturbing as their twig firearms become submachine guns and nearby rocks become grenades and they become intent on 'killing' the troops in the opposite team. What started out as a game quickly becomes a mission of life and death in the boys' (and girl's!) imaginations as friendships are tested in the harshest of ways.

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