Has a lot of jarring inconsistencies

Rating: 5/10 (27 September 2002)

The best thing about the movie is the cinematography, but just about everything else falls short. The acting is rather lukewarm, and the plot itself is laughable. Apart from the historical inconsistencies, it's hard to accept that the entire Germany 6th Army only had one sniper (how else would the hero know who's after him?). Stalingrad was the greatest battle in human history lasting for 5 months, but here it's treated as an underused backdrop.