Everyone's heard the all too true expression "War is hell". Unfortunately, too few movies make it clear enough. "9-ya rota" actually manages to show the carnage head-on. This movie is not much different from other war movies; the plot has a bunch of young men going into the army, getting harangued by the drill sergeant, and going into battle where they experience hell. In this case, the battlefield is 1980s Afghanistan, under Soviet occupation.
No, "9-ya rota" isn't the best war movie ever made, but far better than anything starring John Wayne. Still, if you want to see a really good war movie from this country, check out "The Cranes are Flying", about WWII.
No, "9-ya rota" isn't the best war movie ever made, but far better than anything starring John Wayne. Still, if you want to see a really good war movie from this country, check out "The Cranes are Flying", about WWII.