Stellead
Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
Lidia Draper
Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Marva-nova
Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
Phillipa
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
jeeap
Balabanov at his best saying things you would never hear in public. Naming things with their real names, what could be worse for our hypocritical world? And the conclusion: the war has no justice no matter what side you pick. Or values. The concept must hurt all military generals in all countries. As well as weapon selling guys )) The most "criminal" thought that comes to mind: there must be something really wrong with the society which requires wars to solve its problems.
invinciblecannonfodder
I expected this movie to be simply rubbish, instead i was won over by the quality of the acting (no thanks to Ian Kelly)and the authenticity of the setting. The cinematography was great too. Scenes of beautiful landscape would be contrasted by the gory shootouts as well as great shot of the 4x4 flying off the cliff, which upon meeting the bottom of the ravine was not met by a fireball. It is true that the firefights seem dull and even anticlimactic, however that is the whole beauty behind them. They didn't need to be sugar coated by big explosions and slow-mo deaths instead opting for a more realistic approach. Were some of the weapons real? In all this is a decent movie worthwhile watching because it allows you to take a break from the latest teen slashers and high octane Vin Diesel movies : )
orbit66
From a British perspective, it's interesting to note the only really poor performance came from Ian Kelly (John), an English actor. Had it not been for his atrocious skills, the film would have been excellent. Casting him took some authenticity away from the film, but then again, why Ingeborga Dapkunaite as (Margaret) didn't have a single spoken line in the film didn't help either! Aleksei Chadov as (Ivan) put in a great performance, and all other elements came together to make good entertainment and a rare look at the Chechen "situation".This is probably one of the most realistic films I've seen gore-wise. Family entertainment it ain't.If you're male, and looking for something different from the usual blockbuster bore-fest, then give this a viewing!
chicana
the really tricky thing and a very good question is why aleksei balabanov don't shoot movies in hollywood?i think that would be great thing both for this director and for hollywood.vojna is film of that kind that was filmed in america in the golden days of hollywood-late 60 till the end of 70 maybe early 80.but the thing is that film come from russia-does russians knows better what is a good action-war movie than anyone in america?YES i say, and i also say to give that man everything he needs to just keep shooting movies.by my humble opinion that was the best movie shown during fest-main belgrade film festival, recently ended.