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Actually... no. I found no stereotypes as is so common in American GI films,

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tinear

In Reply to: RE: This was very much a TV production in its scripting and production quality..... posted by mr grits on November 24, 2007 at 10:03:45

i.e. the country hic, the city slicker, the "fixer," the loner, the individualist, etc. In this film, the characters were shown with both faults and virtues; in other words, they're human. Also, each officer had a singular personality with no clich�s we've come to expect in our military films.
I must also disagree with your assessment of the production values: they were excellent! No phony digital effects. An explosion was an explosion. An airplane... was an airplane.
But this film possessed a dimension of tension and danger which was totally original: the terror of the KGB which seemingly had its own agenda.
We'll just have to agree to disagree about this film!
It's the best thing I've seen for a long time and all the more remarkable considering its length.

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RE: Actually... no. I found no stereotypes as is so common in American GI films, - Victor Khomenko 14:35:23 11/24/07 (1)
***the terror of the KGB which seemingly had its own agenda.

You can say that again. One of the most bone-chilling parts of film is the arrest of that major with burnt face...

On balance I would not go as far in my appreciation of that film as you do, but we certainly enjoyed watching it.

If one wished to see stereotyping, he would find it in this movie, just not as overt, and definitely of Russian flavor, but hey, many stereotypes are born in reality. For instance, a Jewish boy, totally out of place in the army... subject of so many sad jokes and... realities... we have two friends who were just like that.
- It was the overall humanity and the complexity of the characters - tinear 05:01:23 11/26/07 (0)
  which I found unusual in the genre of military pictures.
  I hope Netflix hurries up and gets a lot more Todorovsky films!

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