• Starring: Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law
  • Summary: While the Nazi and Russian armies hurl rank after rank of soldiers at each other and the world fearfully awaits the outcome of the battle of Stalingrad, the celebrated Russian sniper, Vassili Zaitsev (Law) quietly stalks his enemies one man at a time. His fame, however, soon thrusts him into a duel with the Nazi's best sharpshooter, Major Konig (Harris), and the two find themselves waging an intense personal war while the most momentous battle of the age rages around them. (Paramount Pictures) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 33
  2. Negative: 5 out of 33
  1. Reviewed by: Gemma Files
    90
    Though issues of politics and philosophy are touched upon, this is a film about the people inside the uniforms -- a story of human beings under pressure, forced by circumstance to make choices both impulsive and, on occasion, heroic. It's also the new year's single most satisfying movie experience thus far.
  2. 60
    Despite the success of these action sequences, Annaud and his ultraserious cast are so determined (admirably) to keep war from seeming romantic that we are never quite pulled into the movie.
  3. It's as if an obsessed movie nut had decided to collect every bad war-movie convention on one computer and program it to spit out a script.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 18
  2. Negative: 3 out of 18
  1. LeonardoA
    10
    The mivie presents a interesting history, about courage a sacrifice. Virtually the most bloody battle of WW2, even now, after 60 years from the battle, the scars of war still remain in the citizen of it.Thanks to the Russian propaganda, the Germans called their best sharpshooter, Major Konig, especially to kill Zaitsev. In the middle of the film, becames evident that the battle is not only in the city, but there's a fierce internal battle between Zaitsev and his fella Danilov (Fiennes), that have a special feeling for Tania (Weisz) and in a major moment starts to write lies about Zaitsev, and in the final sacrifices his own life to reveal the position of the german sniper, so Vassili can finnaly kill him. It is a interesting film that opens the people's eyes to they see how bad, bloody and terrible a war can be.You feel a little suspense during the film, because you don't know where can a soldier be and shoot you to death. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. Holly
    4
    Your joking right? this isnt a good war movie!! I should note i dont think i liked black hawk down that much either. But i'm extremely fond of saving private ryan(luv the characters and story) this ones concept, snipers playin cat an mouse is sooo cool but unfortunately, i felt bored, aggitated and quite shockingly resentful towards the film. the climax was lame, the acting wasnt horrible but its just how this ones written that doesnt wanna tick into stylishness. A mere disappointment. I am one of those rare people who actually despise this film beyond recognition. If only we had a different writer for it, such a waste of talent. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. CameronS
    3
    I was expecting a dramatic war movie, not a boring, poorly acted, incredibly cliched "love" story. Unfortunately, I got the latter.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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