disgusting, overrated, pointless

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

The Peacekeepers/Warriors is an excellent work of art and real life... Its brilliant in its cinematography and characterization & poignant and intense in its portrayal of a real life situation which showed humanity's brutal face in the advent of the Civil War in Bosnia... What makes this story so depressing yet so worthy of being watched is its authenticity in portraying events that happened only some years back right in front of our eyes. It leaves you frustrated and guilty at not being able to help those who were most in need of it. The movie is a historical document and in its silent way, invokes humanity, compassion and the dire need for kindness in everyone's heart... It reminded me of Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" and the haunting words "horror, horror!!!" at seeing the dark side of humanity. Yet the only saving grace was that the UN soldiers who were reduced to the role of nothing but zombies had hearts and souls and that became their tragedy. The Warriors/ Peacekeepers is an effort to jolt the conscience of the world and to rise them up from their silly, petty concerns and be bold enough to stay good in the midst of horror and darkness... Ioan Gruffudd is brilliant as always... And Mathew Macfaydan brings heart to this grim story of love and lost humanity. I wish more and more people get to watch this. Highly Recommended!

This film dramatisation tells a story about the lives of some British soldiers serving on a United Nations "peace-keeping" mission at the time of the dissolution of Yugoslavia.The tale is told from the perspective of British army officers and enlisted men who are well trained in the art of warfare, but are unfamiliar with, and frustrated by their "observer" role in the troubled region. The British soldiers are are forced to stand by and witness the murder of innocents at the hands of Serb and Croat militias while they themselves are constantly intimidated by these armed gangs who exploit the weakness and inertia of the United Nations to bully and hamper the British peace-keeping mission at every turn.This film leaves the viewer with a feeling of total disgust at the weakness of the United Nations and the British government for sending troops as peace-keeping observers who are forbidden to "shoot back" unless they consider their own lives are at risk. The Serb and Croat militias who are only too aware of the United Nations mandate, for the most part, only target and murder the innocent "ethnic minority" civilian population, thereby perpetuating the carnage.The good consciences of the soldiers are not left unaffected. After witnessing so much horror, they return to England suffering with severe emotional problems and post traumatic stress disorders. The soldiers' plight is compounded further by an unsympathetic British government and a public who have no concept of how bad the situation is, back in the former Yugoslav republic. The men are welcomed back as if they had just returned from a standard "tour of duty" abroad. They are patted on the back for a "job well done" and expected to simply integrate back into normal home life - with dire consequences for some of these men.This is a remarkable British film which has been shot in typical BBC documentary style. It is a sad and sobering thought that these horrific atrocities were committed within a supposedly, "civilized" European country, by Europeans, at the end of the twentieth century.Superb film-marking - very powerful, harrowing and thought-provoking.

This film shows the BBC at its best, with great acting, harrowing scenes and touching moments.I notice that some of the comments suggest that it is anti-Serb. Well, some of the "baddies" are Croat. (The scene with the lorry-load of bodies near the end of the Bosnia scenes is a case in point.)Perhaps it's pro-Muslim, but I think anyone watching it will realize that it is not a "goodies" and "baddies" film.Does the film advocate military intervention on a grand scale? No.Does it show the futility of delivering food parcels to people who are about to be massacred? Yes.There are no easy answers to the questions asked by this film. You should watch it and remember that this all happened in a "civilized" European country, just a few years ago.The evil shown is not Serb or Croat or Muslim evil. The evil is hate, that betrays God.At our church, a visiting priest explained that he would not be visiting again for a few months, because he is an army chaplain and his unit was off to Kosovo. Kosovo is a different fall-out from Yugoslavia, but, having seen this film, I prayed long and hard for him.Don't miss it and be prepared to be upset.

This is an excellent film and is as realistic as described. I would suggest that Americans do what they can to get this brought to PBS in something like a "Masterpiece Theatre." At this point, the film is only being shown on BBC America, which has too small a viewer base to earn this film the acclaim it well deserves.