An Intense Movie

Rating: 8/10 (26 January 2015)

After witnessing their Belarussian village being slaughtered in cold blood by Nazis a couple of Jews escape into a heavy forested area to consider how they can get their revenge. However, other Jewish refugees soon join them and it soon becomes apparent to these men that they have to rearrange their priorities from getting revenge to taking care of these desperate people. At least that is what the leader of the group named "Tuvia Bielski" (Daniel Craig) believes. His brother, "Zus Bielski" (Liev Schreiber) wants to take the fight to the Nazis and after awhile joins a brigade of Russian partisans to do exactly that. This movie captures the story of both of these brothers and the challenges that each of them have to face. Now rather than reveal any more of the movie and risk ruining it for those who haven't seen it, I will just say that this was an intense movie which did an excellent job in displaying the courage and perseverance of this small band of Jewish people living in Eastern Europe during this particular time. Definitely a good and memorable movie.