The equipment in the film was the most authentic yet. Even more than Saving Private Ryan or Windtalkers

Rating: 10/10 (25 August 2004)

The reason I liked this movie, was for the first time it showed the war from a different point of view, the common soldier,it also reminded me of the German film Das Brucke(The Bridge), it was about the final desperate days of Germany and how war stole a lot from the people of that era. I heard my mother say that was when we lost almost two generations. But what engrossed me the most was the shots of the Russian T-34/85 tanks and the other equipment. I will admit it inspired me to get back in the hobby of scale model building after a hiatus. To me it's more fun now than then. I model WWII Russian and German armor, solely because, like in the movie, it was a struggle unlike any we have or are likely to see again. Let's remember that all in that conflict were not the same. That's why this is one of the best movies on the war in Russia(Kuban bridgehead)yet to date.