Dark war film that really sticks to your head

Rating: 9/10 (27 July 2012)

This is one of those films that leaves you remembering it, most specifically scenes that are almost traumatizing that you try to convince yourself that it's only a movie. It's quite the history lesson too, where I've never heard the side of what the Russians went through during WWII. Every time there's a bit of relief or some hope, it's immediately crushed, so much stress that the main character faces, that it starts to put you in that state and even worried if the next scene that if he'll even make it or if there will be something else horrific. The fact that this young boy sought out this gun and carried with him almost throughout the film, it was like his curse. When he finally fires, you get to experience an aggressive montage with a final image that most people haven't seen and its amazing the way it was put together. It's a true dark war film that shows the inhumanity of the Nazis, one that really sticks to your mind.