William Boyd's THE TRENCH (1999)

A stage director would not have to change
A thing about this setting, tight and dark.
There's noncom Daniel Craig cast with a range
Of fresh young faces, soon to make their mark
Onscreen. No gore is spared and that despite
A dearth of action. This could be a play,
A psychodrama. Tension in the night

Is rooted in the characters. Some may
Think Blackadder Goes Forth is on repeat,
If minus all the laughs that World War One

Supplied in such abundance. Ere they greet

Their fated doom, the standard things are done,

Back stories told, surprise explosions, and

A shot or two of green and pleasant land.