Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

john-198-600759 This film is a total waste of time. The director is more worried about showing off what he learned in film school than telling a story. This movie is full of long drawn out scenes that really have no bearing on the story that are trying to impart. This director has no understanding on how to edit a film. He allows one of the "witnesses" he interviews to ramble on about things that did not matter and to repeat himself multiple times. As you watch it you get the feeling that the makers of this film are going for shock value and nothing else. They show "doctors" performing surgery on people with with blood sprayed everywhere and the staff walking around with it on them. It is all smoke and mirrors and not substance. A 30 minute film stretched into 4 hours.You might as well watch the Saw movies, because they are exactly the same except the don't make any pretenses about being factual. They also get to the point and don't beat around the bush for 4 hours.

K Goodin I'm rarely moved to comment on movies and books because others have generally already expressed everything I have to say. No need to repeat.However, this movie is so appallingly bad that it deserves every terrible review we can collectively muster.As a documentary, it fails. Too many inaccuracies, too much left out, too many things left unexplained. The man whose interview answers are interspersed throughout was not directly involved in any of it and had nothing new to contribute. The narration, delivered in all its monotone glory, is insipid and adds no insight. Of course, despite purporting to convey a true story, it's not billed as a documentary so I suppose you could forgive the faults. But seriously, this is laughably inaccurate.As a horror film, it fails. Mostly because it's too long by at least 2 hours, has no momentum and is, frankly, boring. Yes, the experimentation scenes are graphic. But there are only a handful of them – maybe one every 20 minutes? - so this can't even qualify as a gore fest. Besides, the effects are amateurish at best, and no self-respecting horror fan would be impressed. The infamous tooth-pulling scene is shockingly fake. There are numerous lengthy scenes of prisoners sitting around waiting – is Iskanov trying to create suspense? I have this bad habit of doggedly finishing a book or a movie I really don't like or actively loathe, just because I hate leaving something unfinished. I don't usually regret this because it's a conscious decision and I feel I have a better idea of the work as a whole if I actually finish watching or reading it. I regret wasting my time with this movie.It was some of the most self-indulgent dreck I've ever come across. Iskanov's repetitive use of silent snow-falling-on-gray-building scenes were maddening. I started timing them, and they ranged from about 2 to 6 minutes, making them ideal for bathroom breaks, walking the dog or fixing a sandwich. If you wanted to skip over the Russian guy's interview scenes too, you'd have enough time for a solid power nap.Actually, don't bother with it at all. Then you don't have to mess with fast forwarding and all that.

mikerlz Pretty terrible film. 4 hours, wow. I had to stop it 45 minutes in, but from what I saw, this work is amateur at best. This isn't even a documentary really. It's a bunch of horribly-filmed fake footage spliced together with the worst sound effects of all time.If you want to see a documentary of Unit 731, don't watch this film. There are much much better videos out there that serve that purpose. This film isn't even good for the "shock" aspect either, it's laughably fake and corny.Amateur work, don't touch it with a 10 foot pole. Maybe if that pole has adhesive at the end, and it used to move the DVD into the trash can, then okay.

natoriousg The past reviewer was spot on, so much unnecessary footage. If you're going to pretend that this is an honest interpretation of what actually happened then keep the ratio of snow-white-perfectly-proportioned-westerner victims in check compared to the normal domestic test subjects who were vastly underrepresented in this picture. They claim that they weren't trying to demonize the Japanese in that incredibly pretentious let-me-tell-you-how-to-interpret-this-movie segment at the beginning, but It sure seemed like the majority of horrors of war were apportioned to one side. War is dirty, war is nasty, war is savage. The Japanese did many evil things, and had many evil things done to them by Westerners, a little balance would be nice.