"Shock and Awe"

Rating: Null/10 (31 July 2011)

One expression that exemplify my feeling upon seeing this film is "shock and awe", I mean really this is a true must see for war movie enthusiast and the anti war audience as alike. "Come and See" gives a realistic view of being in a war torn country without pointing a finger at whose good and who's bad because both sides are equally dis likable. They both have their motivations and in the middle of all the mayhem going on there are the people who are caught in between both sides.
The film is seen through the prospective of a young teen (Florya) who is disillusioned about the whole war situation in his country very early in the movie, as he chooses to fight alongside his fellow Russian nationalist troops and gets left behind to fend for himself. From this point in the film Florya is put through a literal hell on earth, having to find his way through the vast Russian wilderness and through various villages all the while avoiding Nazi capture and or worse.
Throughout the misadventures of Florya he is faced with all the horrors of the Nazi invasion along with all the rest of the Russian people. The stress is evident as the viewer can see him go through the metamorphosis from young idealistic teen to a hardened old man due to what he witnesses during the invasion.
Overall, this movie is what a war at its best and not the glorious glamorization that we too often see in war movies. This film is a real eye opener and one of the best war movies I have ever seen. I would recommend this movie to anyone, but it is filled with all type of shocking images that one would expect during wartime, defiantly not for the easily offended or the squeamish so if you are planning to see this film selection you have been warned!!!