An average movie

Not so long ago, I have discovered that Sergio Leone’s last movie project was a massive epic about the Stalingrad battle. Apparently, he spent many years making some research about this flick, he managed to gather an impressive $100 million budget but he died just two days before officially signing the contract for this film. It doesn’t get much tragic than this, does it? Apparently, Jean-Jacques Annaud claimed that Leone had wanted him to take over the project, but he bailed when he discovered that there was no actual screenplay. Eventually, many years later Annaud eventually managed to make another movie about Stalingrad. To be honest, it has been a while since I saw this flick and I should definitely re-watch it at some point. Still, I thought it was not bad at all. Indeed, visually, it was pretty impressive, Jude Law and Ed Harris were both quite convincing and the fact that I always had a weak spot for stories dealing with snipers might have helped as well. At the end of the day, I have to admit it, the plot was a little bit disappointing and especially the love triangle involving Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz was really underwhelming. To conclude, even though it is nothing really amazing, it remains a decent war feature and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10