I watched this movie to try and understand how the Finns did it, turned back the Russians, particularly in the context of Ukraine today. Was it clever strategy, luck, tactics, or Russian incompetence etc. You don't really get any of that (apart from the latter), it's just a gritty movie about trench warfare.
I didn't find the story compelling either, so overall it was pretty disappointing and at least at the end they could have put some historical context around it like how many men died on each side but they just didn't and leave you to Google it.
Given the great reviews I really found it disappointing.
I didn't find the story compelling either, so overall it was pretty disappointing and at least at the end they could have put some historical context around it like how many men died on each side but they just didn't and leave you to Google it.
Given the great reviews I really found it disappointing.