Five American soldiers on a routine training mission in the forests of northern Italy encounter the ghost of a German sniper from World War II.Five American soldiers on a routine training mission in the forests of northern Italy encounter the ghost of a German sniper from World War II.Five American soldiers on a routine training mission in the forests of northern Italy encounter the ghost of a German sniper from World War II.
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- TriviaThe rifle used by the sniper was a real working sniper rifle from WWII. The scope, however, was a modern replacement as the filmmakers couldn't afford a vintage one.
- GoofsOn the note one of the soldiers find, the word "entlassen" is misspelt as "enltlassen".
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A Fascinating Blair Witch Themed Military Thriller
12 January 2012. Many viewers have complained about the production values of this movie. Nevertheless, when experienced in the same manner as the critically reviewed, vastly popular The Blair Witch Project (1999), the same authentic, reality-television/movie production lends a fearful ambiance to this slow moving mystery thriller. Instead of action, there is the slowly crafted, emotional tension-filled space and time...of the anxiety of waiting and not knowing. Enemy at the Gates (2001) which as a much higher production value along with Ed Harris and Jude Law have a similar theme of waiting and slowly, almost ploddingly, excruciating presence of possible death, the creeps into the blood and echoes fear into mind. The few weaknesses in this movie might include when Lt. Floyd shoulders his weapon after one brief stop even though its much more likely that he should have kept his weapon at the ready (which occurs at the next scene), there is also a view from Lt. Floyd's perspective where he says he saw someone even being able to describe the person's clothes, but even the audience can't see anything. The military trapping and especially the female doctor's behavior and walking are striking in their apparent authenticity. What happens to the doctor in the movie is important in that if the reveal is truly considered carefully, what happens to her is consistently explained (which if not reflected on could be easily thought as a big blunder on the part of the script). One directorial improvement would have been a widened pan shot that would allow the audience to see the soldiers as they spread out together. Finally the end of the movie in someways has a twist or a reveal that is solid, perhaps powerful at even The Blair Witch Project fails at the end, however, the resulting aftermath seems a bit of an easy letdown. Overall, this movie successfully accomplishes that mood, atmosphere and even the dialogue which for some may be lame or stilted, on reflection even seems less polished and more natural, only heightening the sense of eerie omeniousness.
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- Budget
- $15,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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