What a film, really enjoyed it. Definately a must see, escpecially if u like war movies or snipers. Great shooting scenes in it, and very clever. Bargain on here aswell, so buy it!

This war film is very loosly based on actual events. The Stalingrad setting is very bleak, and very realistic in the way the City was held under seige for so long. The cold winter setting is also great and only adds to the atmosphere. But the best thing about the film is the unrelenting cat and mouse game Jude Law (the Russian Sniper) and Ed Harris (The German Sniper) play, in the bombed out buildings. There is also a great James Horner Music score, that plays like a hybrid of all his other music scores, where you can pick up the odd bout of Aliens, and Titanic playing in the background. But what stops this film from being the classic it should be is by some of the very dodgy accents, worst being Bob Hoskins. But the biggest problem is the tagged on love story, that really does feel out of place with what should be a epic and lean war movie. It realy does get in the way of the exploding heads we all want to see. But still with all it's obviouse faults, this is a great evenings war torn entertainment.

I cant believe the majority of the reviews have rated this film lower than five stars, some have rated it two, I mean are you insane? It's an outstanding film and very well made. All actors play there part brilliantly especially Ed Harris as the German Ace Sniper (Great Actor).

Not only that its the best sniper film you'll ever watch, best of all its based on a true story. Which makes it very fascinating to watch the legendary battle between the Russian Ace sniper and the German Ace Sniper. And also a nice added bonus to the film - Rachel Weisz who plays Tania Chernova, she looks beautiful in this film, suits the part nicely.

This is one of the best war films ever made by far, its so good that I watched it on tele and decided to buy it on DVD but with a price of 5.99 its a real bargain. All credit to play.com.

It was a good film and it does deserve them 4 stars but no more not a war classic at all a very good story to about the famous russian sniper.
It is a good film to watch and have in your collection but it is one of those movies you watch once and then about a year later you might get it back out.

I too have come to read gradually a lot of stuff about battles and techniques used during the Great Patriotic War. There are at least two things to say here : one that the movie is accurate with the historical evidences that we have, only on a very superficial level (i.e. that there indeed was a struggle between Stalin and Hitler, et.c) but, and this is the second point - that was not the point of the movie. If it was, It would definitely make less money. And so in order to do that the directors created a piece which was based on a more or less plausible duel of snipers (the general of 62nd Army then renamed on 8th Guards Army, Vasili Ivanovich Chuikov, gives credence to the story in the book we wrote after the war), and not on truly innovative techniques used by soviet soldiers during the street fighting in Stalingrad. This is definitely 'war movie' - if you want to see one, pick Come and See, or Shooting Dogs, or Dawnfall, Platoon, Deer Hunter...it is the movie about the war seen from the Hollywood's eyes. No wonder why Stalingrad veterans tried to have this film banned, as now most of the people conceive the battle, at best in the way it has been shown in this movie

This was brilliant except it was exremely thinned down between to snipers just to bring it more sotory when they didnt have to emphasize it as much, it had a random sex scene that wasnt needed im not gay i really like rachel weicz but it was un called for, and i refuse to give anything 5 stars with Jude Law amungst the cast. It could of been a classic, however the special effects and sound FX were unreal, the war sets and the sniper battles were unique and classic on a smaller scale over all... top war film.

Another brilliant war film that i enjoyed from the start to the finish!
A great addition to my growing War collection that includes Saving Private Ryan, The Longest Day, Band Of Brothers, Big Red One, Kellys Heros, We Were Soldiers, The Great Escape etc...
I wasn't to sure if Jude Law would be any good as a Russian but he pulled it off very well and Ed Harris is spot on as a German Sniper Ace that try's to find and kill the Russian Ace!
If you haven't seen this before and you are a war film fan and have read this review then pick up a copy now as you wont be dissappointed!!

I've read a lot about the Eastern Front of WWII and the Battle of Stalingrad especially and have come to realise how bad this film is, historically speaking at least.

The story is all but fictional, there was no famous German sniper who duelled with Zaitsev in Stalingrad.
The scene where the newly arrived conscripts rush, unarmed, at the German positions only to be shot down by the Commissars when they retreat is an extremely negative and unrealistic portrayal of the Red Army and the tactics used during the battle.

I find it a shame that many who watch this movie will take for granted that it's all true and historically accurate, like I used to whenever I watched a modern war movie. Now that I have much more knowledge of the actual events I can see the huge flaws and inaccuracies in movies such as this one and it annoys me to no end.

I'll finish by saying that Stalingrad veterans tried to get this film banned in Russia, that should say something for how insulting this movie is to the history it claims to portray.

This is one of best WWII films of all time base on a true story in Russia so this is a must have in your DVD rack lol 10 out 10 brilliant film

this film is absolutly amazing it is mine and my friends favourite film to do with WWII , brilliantly made and the sniping action is great . 5 stars