I don't think I see here as much as others do, with the anti-war sentiment. I know it's THERE, I just don't think it goes far enough. But European cinema will always dominate contemporary Hollywood on movies like this. Could be that it's based around a war that few people outside Russia even know existed (War in Chechnya, 12/94-08/96), just doesn't have the same pop as, say, Vietnam. The interplay between the four, I would argue, "main" characters (Sacha, Vanya, Dina, and Hasan) makes the flick.

This had some humour and some nice shots of nature. There were some wonky parts that tried to be funny but ended up being lame (ghost parts). But there's definitely a decent message in here. Some of it just felt a little off. Still definitely worth a watch.