| RATING: | 40% |
| FORMAT: | DVD |
Unconvincing and unmoving war drama that contains no themes other than those we already know: War is hell.
The performances are lackluster, the plotting pedestrian and the politics of the Finnish invasion of the USSR in 1941 largely unexplored.
The combat scenes are well mounted - and the leading nurse fetching - but these are not enough to engage our emotions in a nation’s struggle for self-determination and in the fight to create a fulfilling sexual relationship.
Like Saving Private Ryan (1998), this is not really about anything much at all other than good old blood and guts.
Copyright © 2011 Frank TALKER. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute it in any format; provided that mention of the author’s Weblog (http://franktalker5.blogspot.com/) is included: E-mail notification requested. All other rights reserved.
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