Overrated and overhyped

Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

We call them "desantniki", you call them "paratroopers". But they're doing their job. As a former desantnik, I say it's one of the best film about real life in army! What a pity that it's not very popular to be a soldier in Russia now...

This is a very good action film about the Russian paratroopers. It is a film of substance, far superior to any Hollywood action movie, despite the relatively low budget. The action is much less frantic than that portrayed in Hollywood films of the same nature, and at the same time it is much closer to how we (soldiers) actually do things.The film has a good plot, solid characters, and offers plenty of suspense.