A shift from the norm

Rating: Null/10 (20 August 2001)

Although the people involved, either portraying Germans or Russians were speaking 'PERFECT' english, the thing which is good to note is that this movie is a shift from the norm, and although Germans have been shown as bad guys (as they are always shown in english movies), the Russians have been shown as the heros!
Mostly post-cold-war movies show crime and terrorism and poverty in Russian settings, and i think it is good to recognize the effort of these unsung and uncounted hereos, albeit, in all the wrong and dangerous places. These men didn't have a choice.
Soundtrack was DolbyDigital5.1, but the rear speakers hardly said a thing during the whole movie. War movies can create a sense of area, depth and realism with distant and close-in sounds. More effort was lavished on the brief, but brave portrayal of intimacy.