SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Good start, but then it gets ruined

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad. An excellent film about War and Skills but also one that benefits from excellent perfomances from Ed Harris, Jude Law, Ron Perlman, Bob Hoskins and Rachel Weisz. The movie might not please everyone as a whole especially fans of Saving Private Ryan or We Were Soldiers but it packs some good things and some nice emotions for a War film plus Ed Harris demise? is a moment of respect and good direction along with great acting in a film that benefits from all that. (10/10)

Here at IMDB's reviwers tons over if the story is accurate or not,war is which we known is worst thing,the siege from nazi at Stalingrad was bloody as hell in fire and ice,moreover every legend has a bit of true,the reds doesn't likes heroes,so according some sources they erased some facts,Annaud is a great director with a huge credibility along the way,the picture is well done,the sniper's story is a little fanciful,then looking for Private Ryan,Pearl Harbor and countless war movies propaganda that don't differ too much,both sides have their skeletons in the closet...for me a fine and interesting story which absorbs you during the picture!!Resume:First watch: 2018 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 9

This is a good movie. I like war movies. But Why all speak English? neither German nor Russian. So film doesn't seem real. I think that the matter why its IMDb point is lower is this. And I don't understand the child. How does he is a friend both enemy soldiers. A war is not easy like this. Thanks

When I saw this film years ago, I was obviously completely captured by it. Of course, I knew right away that it wasn't historically accurate and that his encounter with major Konig wasn't so dramatic but I didn't care much.I was also aware that the film was based on Vasilij's own "notes" (Notes of a Russian Sniper) but it took me some time before I found time to read this book. Coincidently, I've tried one of the sniper versions of Mosin Nagant shortly before that.When I finally read the book, I saw the ugliness of the film in all its horrendous monstrosity. No, Soviets didn't arm only a half of their troops. No, they didn't shoot at them when they retreated. Vasilij wasn't some grunt. He was well educated and used to be an office rat but he decided to give up his warm position and volunteered to go to Stalingrad instead so he could his grandpa's training to good use. His superiors recognized his talents immediately and made him a sniper and later on, an instructor. They respected his intelligence and encouraged him to do things his own way. He was never a propaganda puppet and was, in fact, more real than Chris Kyle. He was also a humble man and adapted well to life after the war. He continued in his studies and eventually became a professor.This film is yet another dark spot on Hollywood's resume.