Beautifully stark

Rating: 9/10 (1 February 2016)

It took me several tries to make it through this Graphic rendition of sniper warfare in WWII Stalingrad. Law is the prized Russian marksman, Perlman his brazen buddy, Weisz his possible love interest, Fiennes a true believer and Hoskins a solid Krushchev. On the other side Harris is the uncompromising German sharpshooter sent to end Law's run. This is done so realistically that it really doesn't matter how factually accurate it is, it is much more about atmosphere and feel so that individual facts per se are irrelevant. Everyone, including Weisz, Law and Harris are so damn good. A sometimes unpleasant but always gritty and unique look at the nastiest battle in modern warfare.