Another movie I was recommended by a couple of my friends and it didn't disappoint.

A WW2 movie about a young Russian sharpshooter and his one-on-one game against a German one. Sounds like a recipe for disaster ? Well they pulled it off pretty well, if you ask me.

The most striking feature about this movie would be the visual and the music. They were enough to keep me engrossed for over 2 hours. Jude Law & Ed Harris do a great job with their roles but I quite didn't like Rachel Weisz in this. Overall a movie worth watching once, if you are into WW movies.

The music is way, way too bombastic. Kills many scenes that could have been effective with little or no music at all. The special effects are pretty great, though and the film is very brutal at times. Just a pity that there is sort of an artificial feel to it. Doesn't help to have Joesph Fiennes in a leading role. He really isn't that good of an actor. Ed Harris is a highlight, though. Always is.

I saw this back in 2001, so it was about time to revisit it. A good WW2 Stalingrad war film, and quite accurate when it comes to depicting the conditions and the politics of it all. I liked that they never try to make Vassili Zaitsev too much of a hero. He is afraid at times, falls a sleep and is not very bright. But he has this one God given talent, he is a brilliant sniper. I also liked that he starts having troubles with living up to the icon he has been turned in to. A much more complex film than most give it credit for.

Enemy at the gates is a war film, about a sniper dual happened in WW2. Some says the story is not same as the real incident, whatever be the case, this film is an amazing and well taken film in its genre. Actors done a fabulous job, especially Joseph Fiennes, the guy who played, Danilov. The moment before he die he said, "I've been such a fool, Vassili. Man will always be a man. There is no new man. We tried so hard to create a society that was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbour. But there's always something to envy. A smile, a friendship, something you don't have and want to appropriate. In this world, even a Soviet one, there will always be rich and poor. Rich in gifts, poor in gifts. Rich in love, poor in love. ", and it clearly says what hppened to Communism.....

Historical inaccuracy and western movie clichés up the ass, but its a WW2 movie so it's worth it

Get 'cho love story out of my sniper duel.

A brilliant film of cat an mouse, just a shame it contains what has to be James Horners most lazy score to date.

valahogy úgy emlékeztem, h ez jobb film. nem rossz persze, de vmi hiányzott belőle. az, ami például a saving private ryan-t olyanná tette, amilyen. jó, based on a true story, de valahogy azért annyira nem jött át, 6/10

I saw this back in 2001, so it was about time to revisit it. A good WW2 Stalingrad war film, and quite accurate when it comes to depicting the conditions and the politics of it all. I liked that they never try to make Vassili Zaitsev too much of a hero. He is afraid at times, falls a sleep and is not very bright. But he has this one God given talent, he is a brilliant sniper. I also liked that he starts having troubles with living up to the icon he has been turned in to. A much more complex film than most give it credit for.

Largely worthless Hollywood fare, but a few good battle scenes semi-redeem it

Saving Private Ryan by way of The Mummy Returns. More video game than film, Gates borrows the opening sequence (a re-staging of the Battle of Stalingrad) of Ryan, which doesn't serve it in the long run. It's an unimaginative tete-a-tete between Harris and Law that wastes the talents of both actors.

Better than I remembered from the cinema. Well-made with good acting. Ed Harris is a favorite actor of mine, he is excellent as the german sniper.