A real story that takes you on a surreal ride

Rating: Null/10 (7 November 2001)

Enemy at the Gates is a very interesting film about World War 2 from a Russians point of view where your only choice is whether you want to be shot by german bullets or russian bullets. It's an interesting perspective where Law and Fiennes come to realize the faults of their world and how the way out is far and blurry. Fiennes and Law give equally strong performances and work well together on screen creating a friendship that is soon to be doomed. While Ed Harris could be stereotyped as this films conventional bad guy, the true villain exists in the forces that put them in that situation to begin with. And while the film tries to end on a positive note we are aware that suffering for the Russians would definetly last through years far beyond that of WWII.