My iz Budushchego |
Russia • 2008 • 110m •
   • Directed by: Andrey Malyukov. • Starring: Danila Kozlovsky, Andrey Terentev, Vladimir Yaglych, Dmitriy Volkostrelov, Ekaterina Klimova, Boris Galkin, Daniil Strakhov, Sergey Makhovikov, Igor Chernevich, Ralph Schicha, Zoya Buryak, Sergey Mukhin, Anatoliy Pashinin. • Music by: Ivan Burlyaev.  Four 21st century treasure seekers are transported back into the middle of a WWII battle in Russia.
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While the realization looks very good and I don't have any problems with the script itself, its a long time between sections of dialogue, and it ends up seeming as if the characters and situations have never been fully developed -- which is a shame given such a potentially interesting situation. The period battles are very impressively recreated, but I couldn't help getting the feeling that the producers were so caught up with this aspect of the productions that some of the things that make a really satisfying movie were left out.
The love story that there is seems sketched -- the girl resists and then is suddenly completely in love with the hero. In the end, the protagonists feel the terror of battle over glorious-sounding music and return home humbled. Even this feels like it happened so quickly after they were so recently just trying to get themselves out of there, and it seems like sentimentalization of the "Great Patriotic War" as it is known in Russia.
In a film that is almost two hours long there is really no need for events to seem as rushed as they do, due to set pieces being given precedence at the expense of characters and scenes. Though it's certainly not a complete failure, given the premise it seems like a missed opportunity.
Review by hte-trasme from the Internet Movie Database.
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