A Field in England - by Ben Wheatley (2013)

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A Field in England - by Ben Wheatley (2013)

Lyle Jensen is subject to sudden and violent outbursts, and he is committed to the juvenile wing of the Northwood Mental Institution. Several other youths are there with a variety of serious problems. Lyle interacts with other patients and staff on a human, and sometimes not so human level. The psychological problems of the patients also forms the fabric by which we see what's right with them, and what's wrong with the society that affects them.

During a battle of the English Civil War, an alchemist's assistant named Whitehead flees from the strict Commander Trower. Whitehead meets Cutler and two army deserters, Jacob and Friend. Together they leave the battleground in search of an ale house. They encounter the Irishman O'Neill, a man whom Whitehead has been sent to apprehend for theft. O'Neill quickly asserts authority over the group and tells them of a treasure hidden somewhere in a nearby field.[1]

After using Whitehead to locate the treasure, O'Neill instructs Jacob and Friend to dig for it and he leaves Cutler to supervise. Jacob is under the influence of hallucinogens, and after several hours of digging he attacks Friend. Cutler attempts to intervene, and accidentally shoots Friend to death. Cutler is forced to finish digging himself, whilst the others slip away unnoticed.

Cutler discovers that the "treasure" is just a skull. O'Neill kills Cutler and pursues Whitehead and Jacob, who scavenge Cutler's weapons and return to the army camp. As they are preparing for an attack, Friend appears alive and reveals their location to O'Neill. O'Neill shoots Jacob in the gut, but Jacob returns fire and ruins O'Neill's foot. Friend brandishes a pike and charges O'Neill, but O'Neill kills him with his last shot. Whitehead takes advantage of the situation to finally kill O'Neill.

Whitehead buries his friends in the treasure hole. Wearing O'Neill's clothes, he returns to the hedgerow where he first met Cutler, Jacob, and Friend, and finds Jacob and Friend waiting for him.

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