The first scenes in this epic, set during the 1942-43 Battle of Stalingrad, are horrifying in the grand and artful sense a depiction of war and chaos that arouses compassion for those who endured or died. They have death and mutilation in common and, above all, the aching panic that bad as things are they re going to get worse. But the assault in Ryan is planned and coordinated against an organized defense.
Enemy shows waves of primitive, improvised attacks by soldiers who have no apparent plan.
Both are deadly and real. Ryan is beautiful in its own way, a Mercedes-Benz of battles. But there is no trace of glory in Stalingrad. The Enemy assault is ugly. Each in its own way is true and powerful, and gives an imaginative overview of battle possible only in movies.