Enemy at the Gates (DVD)

It's kind of hard to determine just who likes war films. I mean, there are those that revel in the action, there are others that look for meaning but notwithstanding this genre seems to be a case of it's own. Recent times have seen notable efforts including Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down but a film worth seeing is definitely Enemy at the Gates. ------------------------------------------- Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud Writing credits: Jean-Jacques Annaud & Alain Godard Principle cast: Joseph Fiennes ~ Commissar Danilov Jude Law ~ Vassili Zaitsev Rachel Weisz ~ Tania Chernova Bob Hoskins ...  Read the complete review

One of the most tedious criticisms of any movie is that it is not historically accurate. Film after film is lambasted for not living up to reality, despite the fact that every film, even the most realistic work like that of Ken Loach, involves some level of heightening or emphasis. Sometimes this can be a problem – though ‘Bugsy’ does depict some parts of Benny Siegel’s psychotic tendencies, it misses out the fact that he was a rapist, something which colours the way in which you might otherwise see his visionary qualities. But films like ‘Braveheart’ and ‘The Patriot’ do not purport to depict history – they ...  Read the complete review

In 1942 the German army had the Russian city of Stalingrad under siege. While the Russians try to rally a response the German's are advancing further into the city and destroying more and more of it as they come. The Russians have pockets of resistance all over the city and one of those, Vassili Zaitsev, is causing the German's a lot of problems. He is an expert sniper who is picking the German troops off and moving before they even realise where he shot from. Their response is to bring in the best sniper in the German army and what begins is a massive game of cat and mouse between the two snipers all over the City. Films based around the wars are always quite ...  Read the complete review

enemy at the gates this is one of my favourate films of all time i really do love it. It about two world war two snipers one Russian and the other German in a game of cat and mouse both trying to out wit and kill the other during the battle of Starlingrad one of the bloodyest battles of world war two. The part of the Russian sniper i think is playedvery well by Jude Law who i think is a brilliant actor as shown in films like sleuth and AI. This film is based on a true story but it is not all correct it has been tweaked abit to make a better film it is based on Vassili Zaitsev who if you look up is considerd to one of the best snipers of world war two and has a very ...  Read the complete review

Whilst masses of films have been churned out about the European campaigns of the Second World War, there have been few films set on the Russian front. We all know why this is. The Americans are soley responsible for winning the war and any part of the fighting that they were not involved in is not worth learning about. There has been a move recently to make more realistic historical movies and this , I think re-dresses the balance and reminds us that the "total" war of the Eastern Front was the site of some of the most horrific and desperate struggles. The action takes place in Stalingrad, a city that became a personal battle between, Hitler and ...  Read the complete review