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Title: Alarming wartime enactment
Review: Enemy at the Gates contained some of the most authentic and horrific wartime footage since Spielberg's masterpiece, "Saving Private Ryan". The attack by Nazi fighter planes on Russian soldiers crossing the Volga river by boat was particularly disturbing in it's effectiveness. The wartime settings depicting war time Stalingrad was first rate.The story revolves around the pitting of the top Nazi sniper, played by Ed Harris against the propagandized top Soviet sniper played by Jude Law. The battle of wits between the 2 is played out very nicely. There is also a love triangle played out between Law, Soviet political officer Joseph Fiennes (excellent as usual) and Soviet soldier Rachel Weisz. This proves to be too syrupy for my own taste.As is usual with contemporary films, this one runs about 20 minutes too long. Incidently, Bob Hoskins is chillingly effective as Nikita Khruschev.
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