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Reviews
Razvedchitsy (2013)
Great story, well crafted
It's Russian, and subtitled but once you get past that the story is engaging and has a good tempo. The actors give a very good performance and the continuity and props are authentic. All in all I enjoyed the series. I hope that the writers make another series based in the Cold War with the same protagonists.
Istrebiteli. Posledniy boy (2015)
A Russian Band of Brothers
Very few westerners realise just how much the Soviets gave in WW2. It's not all Battle of Britain, El Alemain and D-Day. They fought not just their system but the Germans. Either one would kill them.
This series gives a glimpse of what their pilots did, with personal stories interwoven and some suspect subtitles it's an engaging series which captures the spirit. Star Media have the ability to do a lot more of these and the actors should receive more exposure in the West. Russia could start being a strong cultural force rather than just this cold leftover from the Cold War era.
Istrebiteli (2013)
Russian Band of Brothrrs
If you only ever judge WW2 by what Hollywood shows us then your as ignorant as can be. The Russians play an enormous part and this series shows just how it was for them. Men & women fighting together in difficult conditions. Political Commisars in every unit indoctrinating the troops and all fighting a dirty war that is seldom fully recorded here in the west. D-Day saw 7 divisions land on Normandy. Russia fought 50 divisions of German infantry and armour at least.
As for the production, it is representational and captures the feel very well. Russians don't have the luxury of big fancy CGI firms doing their fight scenes and to be honest it's the story line that makes the show, so we'll done to the script writers and the actors.
I think a lot of Russian made programmes and films are greatly underestimated. If as a country, they weren't so keen on poisoning people or cyber attacking someone then they could be a big player in the Movie business.