A rare breed of war film

Rating: 10/10 (28 September 2001)

It isn't often you see a war film made by an American film company that where Americans are not a present force. This movie dealt only with the Soviets and Germans at Stalingrad. I liked the idea of two snipers duking it out with each other with long-range rifles. Jude Law had his best performance since he was in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" as the Russian protagonist. Ed Harris was great as the German antagonist. Bob Hoskins was a surprise as the burly Nikita Khruschev. This to me is the WWII movie for the Soviets what "Saving Private Ryan" is to the Americans. This is my all-time favorite war movie. I give it a 10.