The series of war scenes at the beginning of "Army Under the City" can be compared to "Saving Private Ryan", or in a narrow sense, it is like two people playing cat and mouse while destroying Stalingrad. Obviously the Nazis are the cats, and the Russians are worried that they will be the mice. ()
Like other war-themed films, Jean-Jacques Arnold’s "A Soldier Near the City" once again proved that war is cruel. Set against the general background, its moving theme wrote an important turning point in the history of the twentieth century. But all the energy that made the actors "bleed and sacrifice" was just the bad character dialogue and the mediocre level of directing. ()
As long as you focus on the core story of the sharpshooter vs. the sharpshooter contest, and don’t mind the chaotic Southern-Tongue North-north tune or the very unreliable sideline of the love story, or any personal relationship—then you will Enjoy it. ()
The performance of the actors is not bad, although not good enough to support 133 minutes. ()
It does provide Arnold with a wonderful opportunity to show his ability to control the war scene in every detail. What we see is the scene of fragmented corpses and rivers of blood. ()
It is too cautious and cautious in telling the story, and it is not as good-looking as people expected. ()
