Monday, 30 June 2014

If John Woo and Michael Bay had a Russia baby

Stalingrad (2013)

Directed by Fedor Bondarchuk this Russian film stars Pytor Fyodorov, Dmitriy Lysenkov, Alexey Barabash and Maria Smolnikova. During the battle of Stalingrad in World War 2 a rag tag group of Soviet soldiers try to defend the apartment of a young woman.

This is not a historic film in the vein of The Longest Day (1962) but more of a fictional action film set within real events. The plot is fairly standard but at times events push towards the excess of action more in the style of John Woo and the plot favours a Michael Bay over the top melodrama at times. What the film does have going for it is some nice visuals and effects even if the plot and style are less than sensible at times.


3/5

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