The top performing film trailers on the BritFlicks YouTube Channel during August 2020.
August 2020 saw a total of 595,817 views on the BritFlicks YouTube Channel, with Simon Cox's INVASION PLANET EARTH once again retaining top spot. The top 5 countries for views were United States, UK, Indie, Philippines and Indonesia.
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10) ROBERT THE BRUCE
Directed By Richard Gray
Genre: Historical
August 2020 Views: 10,708
Total views 249,049
Synopsis: Scotland 1306, Robert the Bruce (Angus Macfadyen: Braveheart) crowns himself King and takes the ambition of Scotland’s freedom as his own. But he cannot overcome England’s power: defeated again and again, his army is scattered and Scotland’s nobility abandons him. Hunted, with a price on his head, he finds himself alone and wounded. The cause of freedom seems lost once more.
Hidden secretly in a secluded croft of a clan pledged to England, and close to death Robert is nursed back to life by a young widow and her orphaned children. His determination to do what is right, regardless of the cost, reinvigorates his passion to rise again. But it’s not revenge he desires. It’s freedom. Now.
Signature Entertainment Presents ROBERT THE BRUCE on DVD & Blu-Ray now.
9) THE PRINCE (El Principe)
Directed By Sebastián Muñoz
Genre: Drama
August 2020 Views: 10,758
Total views 17,203
Synopsis: The Prince is an explosive drama set in a repressive 1970s Chilean prison. During a night of heavy drinking, 20-year-old Jaime unaccountably stabs his best friend. He is sent to jail for murder and there, alone and afraid, he comes under the protection of a tough older inmate known as “The Stallion.” The unlikely pair begin a clandestine romance but violent power struggles inside the penitentiary threaten their bond. A story of survival and love that takes its inspiration from Jean Genet’s Un Chant d’amour and Fassbinder’s Querelle in its affecting exploration of masculine aggression, conflicting loyalties and pent-up sexual desires.
8) GOD’S OWN COUNTRY
Directed By Francis Lee
Genre: Romantic Drama
August Views: 11,067
Total Trailer Views: 1,135,918
Synopsis: Johnny Saxby works long hours in brutal isolation on his family’s remote farm in the north of England. He numbs the daily frustration of his lonely existence with nightly binge-drinking at the local pub and casual sex. When a handsome Romanian migrant worker arrives to take up temporary work on the family farm, Johnny suddenly finds himself having to deal with emotions he has never felt before. An intense relationship forms between the two which could change Johnny’s life forever.
7) BREAK
Directed By Michael Elkin
Genre: Crime, Drama
August Views: 11,704
Total Trailer Views: 30,282
Synopsis: Synopsis: Filmed in Sheffield’s world famous Crucible Theatre, London and Beijing, this life affirming rags-to-riches story follows the troubled but talented Spencer Pryde (Sam Gittins) a gifted, inner-city kid, wasting his life on petty crime and violence, until a chance encounter with Chinese stranger and former ‘eight ball’ pool champion, Vince Qiang (David Yip) and tough guy club owner Ray (Rutger Hauer) presents him with the opportunity to turn his life around.
When tragedy strikes, Spencer finally breaks away from his so-called friends and all the negative influences of his life - which include the UK’s current issues with drugs, violence and knife crime - but with Qiang’s guidance Spencer makes a bid for a prestigious snooker tournament held in Beijing…but can he overcome his demons and use the talents he was blessed with?
6) SILHOUETTE
Directed By Mitch McLeod
Genre: Horror
August 2020 Views: 14,773
Total Views: 61,271
Synopsis: SILHOUETTE is the story of Jack and Amanda Harms who, after the passing of their young daughter, set out into seclusion to begin their lives anew. Quickly upon their arrival, things go awry when the sins of their past come back to haunt them.
5) ARTHUR & MERLIN: KNIGHTS OF CAMELOT
Directed By Giles Alderson
Genre: Historical, Action, Fantasy
August 2020 Views: 15,742
Total views 32,789
Synopsis: The year 463 AD. England is a land divided. A land in need of a legend. King Arthur has been absent for five long years, fighting a war abroad that has stricken his knights, left his throne defenceless and his queen at the mercy of Mordred, his illegitimate son. He must return home fast, facing dark and dangerous threats from all sides.
But as King Arthur fights to preserve Camelot and all that he holds dear, the toughest conflict will be with himself. Guided by the legendary wizard Merlin, Arthur must strive to become the king that his nation needs. It is the story of a legend, before the legend was told.
4) THE HAUNTING OF ALCATRAZ
Directed By Steve Lawson
Genre: Horror
August 2020 Views: 30,735
Total views 74,594
Synopsis: The year 463 AD. England is a land divided. A land in need of a legend. King Arthur has been absent for five long years, fighting a war abroad that has stricken his knights, left his throne defenceless and his queen at the mercy of Mordred, his illegitimate son. He must return home fast, facing dark and dangerous threats from all sides.
But as King Arthur fights to preserve Camelot and all that he holds dear, the toughest conflict will be with himself. Guided by the legendary wizard Merlin, Arthur must strive to become the king that his nation needs. It is the story of a legend, before the legend was told.
3) REDCON-1
Directed By Chee Keong Cheung
Genre: Zombie Action Movie
August 2020 Views: 46,119
Total Views: 1,514,681
Synopsis: After a zombie apocalypse spreads from a London prison, the UK is brought to its knees. The spread of the virus is temporarily contained but, without a cure, it’s only a matter of time before it breaks its boundaries and the biggest problem of all… any zombies with combat skills are now enhanced.
With the South East of England quarantined from the rest of the world using fortified borders, intelligence finds that the scientist responsible for the outbreak is alive and well in London. With his recovery being the only hope of a cure, a squad of eight Special Forces soldiers is sent on a suicide mission to the city, now ruled by the undead, with a single task: get him out alive within 72 hours by any means necessary. What emerges is an unlikely pairing on a course to save humanity against ever-rising odds.
2) BEHIND THE LINE: ESCAPE TO DUNKIRK
Directed By Ben Mole
Genre: War, Action, Drama
August 2020 Views: 67,725
Total Views: 69,537
Synopsis: 1940 Belgium, the Ardennes Forest. Danny, his friend Bill & their squad are captured, by SS troopers, whilst trying to aid the allies retreat to Dunkirk..
Told they were being escorted to a camp they are instead taken into the forest lined up in a ditch and shot. Danny and Bill survive hiding under the dead bodies of their squad members. The SS unit pursue them throughout the forest.
Just as they feel they have nearly escaped they are caught once again & taken to holding camp, named Stalag III, by the commander in charge Schmit, after a much larger camp he used to run, deep within the German countryside, where he longs to return.
Schmit, a fan of boxing, notices Danny’s ability whilst fighting in the courtyard & forces him into an organized fight. Despite being told to throw the fight Danny wins it. As punishment Schmit arranges a second fight against his own Champion, The Black Hun, who has never been defeated. The other prisoners see this as an opportunity to organize an audacious escape attempt, before they all get transferred to camps deep within German territory.
The plan is for Danny to hold out as long as he can, in order to get as many prisoners out of the camp as possible. Schmit and some of his guards are suspicious of the POW’s but desperately want the fight to happen, to prove how superior they are to the allied fighters.
Can Danny stand up against the Black Hun and will the escape work or will the POW’s plan be discovered and their hopes of escape ended for good.
BEHIND THE LINE: ESCAPE TO DUNKIRK is available now on DVD & Digital Platforms by 101 Films International.
1) INVASION PLANET EARTH
Directed By Simon Cox
Genre: Sci-Fi
August 2020 Views: 100,690
Total Trailer Views: 568,581
Synopsis: After the death of his young daughter, Tom Dunn is a broken man. When his wife falls pregnant again, he cannot believe their luck. However, his joy is short lived, as on the very same day, the people of Earth become plagued with terrifying visions of the end of the world.
When a gigantic, all-consuming alien mothership appears in the sky and launches a ruthless attack on Earth’s cities, chaos and destruction follow!
Tom must find the strength and wisdom to save his wife and unborn child. However, first he must confront a shocking truth. A truth which threatens the key to the survival of the human race. The ultimate war for Planet Earth is about to begin…
COMING SOON
