Not enough to burn! The details and emotions are too abrupt!

Marcellus 2022-03-23 08:01:03

Many people remember the US invasion of Afghanistan 15 years ago, but forget the Afghan war launched by the Soviet army more than 30 years ago.
This film is to show that history from the perspective of an ordinary soldier, from joining the army to training to entry to conflict.
It's a pity that the plot is rather protracted, and there is no sense of emotional substitution. Because I thought it was a hot-blooded war movie, but the whole thing was just grumpy emotions, surging hormones, and dusty villages. After 50 minutes of watching the movie, I was still blind and didn't know who was who. I really couldn't tell what the men of the fighting ethnic group looked like. I only remembered two people with outstanding looks. The protagonist's eyes are so beautiful.
This film can be said to be an anti-war film in the guise of war. There is no big scene with full firepower. It is exhaustion, repetition and exhaustion, as well as reluctance and last resort.
The fighting nation filming the war in Afghanistan is very intriguing, and the ending completely denies the war.
The plot of the film is unclear, and there is no context. In the end, I don't know where countless men in black came out and crushed Jiulian. The picture is like a stand-alone version of landing on the beach. The beasts are still fighting, and the ammunition and food are exhausted. When the nine companies are about to destroy the regiment, the main storyline is triggered. Two helicopters appear in the air, the man in black disappears instantly, and a costumed NPC (with a grim face and a fur coat) appears. Enter the CG screen and tell the survivors by Missions All Cleared. The ending was too hasty to watch.
And the hero (the hero in my heart) died in the second siege. During the battle, the blood on the faces of the soldiers made me face blind again.
In my opinion, this movie has a lot of flaws, the pace is too slow, and the details are very abrupt. On the whole, it can only be said that the plot is not good enough. Many people feel that Russian war movies are far superior to American blockbusters. But I don't think Russian war movies are enough. Even Stalingrad. not my style.

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9th Company quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Hohol: This is war! They don't put low grades here! They kill!

  • Lyutyy: We were leaving Afghanistan. We, the 9th company, we won our war. Back then we didn't know many things. We didn't know that, two years later, the country we had fought for would vanish. That wearing medals of a nonexistent country would become unfashionable.