Before reviewing the contents of the movie, I think it is important to explain that there are actually two historically important "uprisings" that took place in Warsaw:
(1) The first one is the 1943 "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising", whereby the jewish population in the large Warsaw Ghetto defended itself against the german SS.
(2) The second uprising took place in 1944. In this uprising, it was the population of Warsaw that took up arms against the german occupier and force it out of the city.
If you are interested in learning more about the first uprising, I can recommend movies like "Run Boy Run", "Jakob the Liar", "The Pianist" or "Uprising". This shows that there are already quite a number of movies about the 1943 ghetto uprising. But not so of the 1944 uprising... And that exactly is what this movie is about.
The first hour of the movie - i.e. The "first part" - easily deserves a score of 8.0/10. After that - i.e. The "second part" of the movie - the storyline unfortunately goes completely off-topic, whereby even the cinematography tanks. It is almost as if another director took over during this "second part". The video image is often shaky up to the point that it may cause a person to become seasick. Further, ridiculous camera positions are used like e.g. On a machine gun.
In this "second part", it also sometimes turns into some kind of 'gorefest', whereby it seems the objective to shock the viewer by showing as much blood as possible. I think this is totally unnecessary and also makes this movie unsuitable for the younger viewer.
I think that the "second part" of the movie deserves only a score of 5.5/10. Combining this with the score of 8.0/10 for the "first part", makes it an average score of 6.7/10.
In conclusion, I recommend this movie only for the first hour...
(1) The first one is the 1943 "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising", whereby the jewish population in the large Warsaw Ghetto defended itself against the german SS.
(2) The second uprising took place in 1944. In this uprising, it was the population of Warsaw that took up arms against the german occupier and force it out of the city.
If you are interested in learning more about the first uprising, I can recommend movies like "Run Boy Run", "Jakob the Liar", "The Pianist" or "Uprising". This shows that there are already quite a number of movies about the 1943 ghetto uprising. But not so of the 1944 uprising... And that exactly is what this movie is about.
The first hour of the movie - i.e. The "first part" - easily deserves a score of 8.0/10. After that - i.e. The "second part" of the movie - the storyline unfortunately goes completely off-topic, whereby even the cinematography tanks. It is almost as if another director took over during this "second part". The video image is often shaky up to the point that it may cause a person to become seasick. Further, ridiculous camera positions are used like e.g. On a machine gun.
In this "second part", it also sometimes turns into some kind of 'gorefest', whereby it seems the objective to shock the viewer by showing as much blood as possible. I think this is totally unnecessary and also makes this movie unsuitable for the younger viewer.
I think that the "second part" of the movie deserves only a score of 5.5/10. Combining this with the score of 8.0/10 for the "first part", makes it an average score of 6.7/10.
In conclusion, I recommend this movie only for the first hour...