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During a recreation of the bloodiest battle of World War II, a band of young men find themselves transported back to the very real height of the horrors on the Russian front. Forced into a spectacular quest for survival they must pay for their lives with every last ounce of their battle-hardened skills against the might of German troops and SS officers.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: Russian ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: The fate of WWII depends on four warriors from the future. Four disparate men are enjoying a WWII reenactment weekend when fantasy becomes a reality and they find themselves accidentally caught up in a time vortex that throws them back to the real wartime. Trying to avoid capture by Nazi troops, the four must put aside their differences to find another portal that will return them to 2011. They accidentally become embroiled in one of history's most notorious, bloody and pivotal battles and soon realise that if they fail in their mission, their future lives may never exist. ...Paradox Soldiers ( My iz budushchego 2 ) ( We Are from the Future 2 )
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
They Came From The Present To Change The Past And Save The Future!! (it says that on the box)
11 Mar 2011
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This is not my normal genre of movie, but I quite like the new wave of Russian cinema so decided to give it a punt. This is the sequel to `the Russian science fiction epic' (to quote the cover) of MY IZ BUDUSHCHEGO (WE ARE THE FURTURE). It would have helped to have seen that one first as there are several references to the first film, but the plot is so transparent it is not really much of a problem and it has yet to get a release in our region.
The basic synopsis is that a load of young Russians decide to take part in a battle re enactment of a battle that took place during the summer of 1944 when the German Galacia division were retreating and actually trapped, but when they make a break out and we are told that this could change the course of the war and ergo -World history. The kids then have a contrived accident with some explosives and get sent via some cgi portal back to the actual battle and oh dear two of them are in Wermacht uniforms and two are in Russian communist uniforms. They then fall into various life and death situations but manage to escape. I do not wish to spoil what plot there is, but as we are told very early on that they have to all return together or not at all, I sort of realised what would happen.
It is very well produced and the acting is adequate as there really is not that much to require a stretch as it were, and the action scenes are frequent, quite often bloody and I have to admit realistic up to a point. That point is that any moderate scholar or WW2 history will of course know that by this stage in the invasion of Russia, the Germans were pretty much running on empty and the idea that a small pocket of Germans could reverse the irresistible force of the mighty Russian Red Army, is stretching credulity a bit. More so when you realise there is only four of them and even having a Professor of history who can give accurate intelligence really won't make that big a difference.
Some of the props are a bit unauthentic too but what gets me is the way the movie sets itself up to be knocked down, which is something that sadly seems to be taken from some American productions. For example the tag line is `The fate of World War II will be decided in 2011'. The film starts in 2009 and as described above no it won't `be decided' as it were. This though is clearly the fault of Metrodome who have released this in the West. If you want 96 mins of entertainment with loads of action some love interest and a sort of `Quantum Leap' element then you will not be disappointed. If you are an historical realist then best to avoid and go for something like `The Admiral' The Admiral [DVD] [2008]. Still, I love foreign cinema so I found it actually more than OK but not really 4 star material.
The basic synopsis is that a load of young Russians decide to take part in a battle re enactment of a battle that took place during the summer of 1944 when the German Galacia division were retreating and actually trapped, but when they make a break out and we are told that this could change the course of the war and ergo -World history. The kids then have a contrived accident with some explosives and get sent via some cgi portal back to the actual battle and oh dear two of them are in Wermacht uniforms and two are in Russian communist uniforms. They then fall into various life and death situations but manage to escape. I do not wish to spoil what plot there is, but as we are told very early on that they have to all return together or not at all, I sort of realised what would happen.
It is very well produced and the acting is adequate as there really is not that much to require a stretch as it were, and the action scenes are frequent, quite often bloody and I have to admit realistic up to a point. That point is that any moderate scholar or WW2 history will of course know that by this stage in the invasion of Russia, the Germans were pretty much running on empty and the idea that a small pocket of Germans could reverse the irresistible force of the mighty Russian Red Army, is stretching credulity a bit. More so when you realise there is only four of them and even having a Professor of history who can give accurate intelligence really won't make that big a difference.
Some of the props are a bit unauthentic too but what gets me is the way the movie sets itself up to be knocked down, which is something that sadly seems to be taken from some American productions. For example the tag line is `The fate of World War II will be decided in 2011'. The film starts in 2009 and as described above no it won't `be decided' as it were. This though is clearly the fault of Metrodome who have released this in the West. If you want 96 mins of entertainment with loads of action some love interest and a sort of `Quantum Leap' element then you will not be disappointed. If you are an historical realist then best to avoid and go for something like `The Admiral' The Admiral [DVD] [2008]. Still, I love foreign cinema so I found it actually more than OK but not really 4 star material.
Format:DVD
Great Production and some Great War Scenes, don't be fooled it is time travel (well set in 2009 and they end up in 1944)and the whole movie just goes real quickly, I won't spoil it but it was very entertaining, the subtitles were the biggest annoyance. At this price you can't lose.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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The last 10 - 20 minutes are the best part of this film. It really shows the real eastern front fighting, hand to hand combat fighting for with mass numbers, the camera shots make you feel part of this a great action and war scene. However the first part of the film is shocking a poor story line and alittle boring, I would 100% buy this and I did buy this for the last 20 minutes for a great battle scene.
GREAT Battle scene very well!
GREAT Battle scene very well!
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