Fyodor Bondarchuk, Aleksei Chadov, Mikhail Evlanov, Ivan Kokorin, Artyom Mikhalkov
Young Soviet Army recruits are stuck in the bloody war in Afghanistan, that was started by politicians.
Stats: 353 reviews
A Russian Full Metal Jacket that takes us from the training of troops to their eventual tragic deaths. Set during the 80's conflict with Afghanistan you would expect that artistic parallels would be drawn. Unfortunately this is as much a Hollywood war film as Flags of Our Fathers...( read more)
quite a bold statement here but this is almost as good as platoon! it's a really well told and filmed story. just when you think you've seen something shocking something else comes along and completely blows you out of the water (or sand?!!?) you thought you were safe in. there's...( read more)
Poor man's 'Full Metal Jacket' which shows that the Russian filmmakers are well behind the West. Cliches flow thick and fast but with no wit or flair and some of the effects are anything but 'special'.
Good and a very powerful film, but to be honest I dislike war movies in general.
Still though it's one of the best war movies I've seen.
Apparently based on the true events.
Pretty awesome movie about the Soviet Union's war in Afghanistan. Seem's ironic since us American's are in Afghanistan now. If we don't learn from the Soviet experience we might be doomed to repeat it.
I just by pure accident stumbled across this film on Film4. 9th Company is the Russian war film that is split into two parts (like Full Metal Jacket) training and then going out to join the war. Its surprisingly good though. it really is. Its got enough fresh things about it to b...( read more)
That was the time that we can see the Russian side of the war in Afghanistan, Trulley amazing.
wow just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that the director of this Action & Adventure, Drama movie had done a really good job of directing this movie because you ne...( read more)
The 9th Company (9 rota) (2005)
Directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk
Starring Aleksei Chadov, Artur Smolyaninov, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Mikhail Porechenkov, Irina Rakhmanova«Hohol: This is war! They don't put low grades here! They kill!»
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Starts really good, but loses the focus when the guys go to war.
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