Attempted Teen War Movie

Rating: 3/10 (31 March 2001)

What's worse than trying to make a film, a war film, that teens can fully understand and that will keep their 15 second attention span. This is the picture. You've got Jude Law, with British accent, playing a Russian sniper. Ed Harris playing a German sniper. And in between is Joseph Fiennes playing a Russian propaganda officer. This film was based on a true story and it would've been a great film if they just would've stuck to the history. But, No...We've gotta go trotting off into romance land (teen territory). That's where it gets boring. I don't know how the Russians won with Jude Law. He's such a wussy character. He leads no one. Ed Harris plays his role as the REAL sniper to a tee. A little bit too aristocratic perhaps but he still overshadows Law.
This film is forgettable. **And IMDB people are saying this is a subpar film and still giving it an 8? A subpar film only deserves a 3 and that's what it got from me.