The Balkan Line

I thought that this action movie will be amazing. Everything suggested it including the recommendation from my colleague’s husband. Already after first 10 minutes it was clear that it wouldn’t. The visual aspect of this movie is amazing until the moment when you realize how unnatural it is. At that precise moment the movie loses the story. The story of the movie gets lost in that never ending fighting. The story wasn’t thrilling and didn’t make any sense anyway. The Russians showed their megalomania and made this movie into a never ending bloodbath. What I felt was lacking was some sense of emotions or at least some kind of story development. A war movie from The Balkans with a great visual aspect but without a soul. (13/09/2019)

The Russians have made one of the best films of the year and a candidate for instant cult classic. A Russian commando is sent to defend an airport in Kosovo from Muslim bandits and it's as awesome as it should be! The casting is good, with each of the main characters being likeable and all acting professionally, and the villain is properly ruthless, well acted, with plenty of space and you wish him dead from the moment he's on set. Technically precise and quite possibly the best visually shot film from Russia I've ever seen. The biggest praise goes to the action, which is among the best of the genre. A bit of a mix of Mel Gibson and 13 Hours. The finale is almost an hour long and is an uncompromising carnage using sniper rifles, machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars (everything you can think of). I was screaming like I was at the ice hockey world championship, so for me great enthusiasm and satisfaction. I also enjoyed the initial bombing of the maternity ward. A gritty, emotional, uncompromising and spectacular war film that no one should miss. 90% (10/06/2019)

The Russians did not disappoint and added a generous dose of propaganda and heartfelt moments. But I didn't mind it this time, because the film says practically the same thing as I always say. The "humanitarian" bombing of Yugoslavia was a crime, and the person who coined this expression is a giant asshole. Anyway, back to the movie. It was an awesome action film, which for me was like The Magnificent Seven meets Black Hawk Down meets The Dawns Here Are Quiet. I had a great time, and the 150 minutes just flew by. (27/10/2019)