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There's love in war as Vassily connects with a woman soldier (Rachel Weisz), but she is also loved by Danilov (Joseph Fiennes), the Soviet officer who promotes his friend Vassily as Russia's much-needed hero. This romantic rivalry lends marginal interest to the central plot, but it's not enough to make this a classic war film. Instead it's a taut, well-made suspense thriller isolated within an epic battle, and although Annaud and cowriter Alain Godard (drawing from William Craig's book and David L. Robbins's novel The War of the Rats) fail to connect the parallel plots with any lasting impact, the production is never less than impressive. Highly conventional but handled with intelligence and superior craftsmanship, this is warfare as strategic entertainment, without compromising warfare as a manmade hell on Earth. --Jeff Shannon
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 2001 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Action, Action / Adventure, Adventure, Atmospheric, Bleak, Color, Combat Films, English, Faltering Friendships, Feature, Feature Film Drama, Feature Film-drama, Germany, Graphic Violence, Great Battles, Ireland, Love Triangles, Movie, Profanity, Sexual Situations |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| MPN: | D338624D |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 097363386247 |
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Cat and Mouse Set during the fall of Stalingrad in World War two, "Enemy at the Gates" focuses on Vassili Zaitsev, a poor soldier who has a gift for sharp shooting. That gift comes to the attention of Commisar Danilov, who sees Zaitsev as a political propaganda coup for an ailing Russian military. The Germans call in a sniper of their own, a Major Konig, to deal with this sniper who is growing in fame. <
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>The tension is thick in this movie, as the two snipers stalk each other. However, around them is the maelstrom of the Battle of Stalingrad. The stark realities of the Russian army are very realistic, with soldiers sharing a single weapon, living in horrid conditions, and suffering badly. <
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>The attempts of the political officers to exploit Zaitsev for their own goals are also highlighted. Their sometimes cynical use of people to advance the glory of the Motherland is sometimes horrible to contemplate and view. <
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>The movie is earthy and real, and the acting is excellent. Jude Law is great in the lead roll. I was very impressed with the cast of the movie. <
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>Not an action filled gore-fest like [[ASIN:B000068TPN We Were Soldiers (Widescreen Edition)]], it is certainly realistic in its depictions. It is a good movie with lots of tense moments. I enjoyed this movie a lot.
not bad but not as good as the original novel
david robbins' original novel is a very enjoyable reading experience. he vividly painted a desperate russian picture in wwll, the siege of stalingrad, the duel between two great snipers. jude law and ed harris both did great jobs in this movie. the good thing of this movie is that the ideological part was lightly touched to avoid possibility of boredom. the battle scenes were nicely and vividly arranged and carried out. the russian political officer with a horsey face was the only weak actor resulted in bad casting.
A classic war movie!
I love WWII movies. This one is a modern classic. Don't miss it!