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Enemy at the Gates (2001)
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Like Saving Private Ryan, Enemy at the Gates opens with a pivotal event of World War II--the German invasion of Stalingrad--re-created in epic scale, as ill-trained Russian soldiers face German attack or punitive execution if they flee from the enemy's advance. Director Jean-Jacques Annaud captures this madness with urgent authenticity, creating a massive context for a more intimate battle waged amid the city's ruins. Embellished from its basis in fact, the story shifts to an intense cat-and-mouse game between a Russian shepherd raised to iconic fame and a German marksman whose skill is unmatched in its lethal precision....
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Enemy at the Gates Movie Review by Tim  (11/29/2007) |
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Favorite movie quote from Enemy at the Gates :
Major König: He isn't dead, and do you know why? Because I haven't killed him yet.
I am very surprised that a history buff has not reviewed this one yet being that almost every character in this film is based on a true person. This is probably the finest sniper film ever...
(complete Enemy at the Gates review by Tim)
While Enemy at the Gates (2001) is an entertaining movie portrayed as factual, it should be viewed as nothing more than a damn good fictional war film. William Craig's book, "Enemy at the Gates" (1973) provides the basic plot and the main characters for the movie such as Lieutenant Vasily Zaitsev (Jude Law), Tania...
(complete Enemy at the Gates review by David Hurlbert)
| Enemy at the Gates Movie Review by Jarrod (1/12/2008) |
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'Enemy at the Gates' is a war film that does not involve Americans, who expect to see themselves shown in every depiction of WWII, which was, in many ways, a titanic struggle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, with the other participants all playing secondary roles, including the United States and Great Britain....
(complete Enemy at the Gates review by Jarrod)
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