Examiner par Leofwine_draca

Your usual nondescript Yugoslavian WW2 movie. Once again the movie features a group of partisan fighters who must go up against the might of the Nazi army when they decide to blow up a bridge over which a large number of German troops are about to cross. The plot is as predictable as it sounds, although the film does feature a ton of action which makes the running time fly past reasonably well.

I saw this film in an incredibly poor quality version - shown on the UK Movies4Men TV channel - with blurred and flickering picture quality, although at least it was the English subtitled version. Unlike many Yugoslavian war films, this one doesn't have any imported American stars in the lead, just local actors.

I guess these films play better in Eastern Europe where audiences can identify more with the characters and their actions. It all seems very tired to me, a film which simply copies Hollywood fare. The action scenes are adequate but hardly astounding. I prefer the equivalent British WW2 films, which tend to have less action but better characterisation.