Movielogr
9th Company (2005)
Directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk
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Russian army recruits complete training and take their posting in late 1980s Afghanistan, where the insurgents are slowly gaining the upper hand.
Length 139 minutes
Actors
Aleksey Chadov | Artur Smolyaninov | Konstantin Kryukov | Ivan Kokorin | Artyom Mikhalkov | Soslan Fidarov | Mikhail Porechenkov | Dmitry Mukhamadeyev | Fyodor Bondarchuk | Amadu Mamadakov | Mikhail Evlanov | Marat Gudiev | Aleksandr Bashirov | Ivan Nikolaev | Irina Rakhmanova | Andrey Krasko | Stanislav Govorukhin | Aleksei Kravchenko | Aleksey Serebryakov | Mikhail Efremov | Aleksandr Lykov | Svetlana Ivanova | Oles Katsion | Aleksandr Kucherenko | Karen Martirosyan | Aleksandr Shein | Mikhail Vladimirov | Dmitriy Sharakois | Michail Solodko | Ruslan Khabibullov
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/03/2011 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 5.5 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Watched on Netflix Instant, which might’ve influenced my rating a bit due to picture quality. Either the print itself was a bit soft (likely) or NWI was having difficulties streaming that day. Probably an issue with the print itself.
Anyhow, a fairly good war drama based on true events, set during the Russian occupation of, and war in, Afghanistan. We all know how THAT went.
It had the potential to be very good, but falls into the cliched ‘80s era action moments of Rambo-style movies. That sort of overt patriotism just doesn’t play well with me. Still, worth a watch for some truly good battle scenes tucked in here and there, as well as some of the more touching training camp bits.
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