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Mar 5, 2025

If you want to see western actors impersonating prisoners in Siberia, this is the movie for you. Otherwise, a complete waste of excellent thespians like Farrell, Harris and Ronan.

Apr 30, 2024

Very heartbreaking, but good. It has a few slow moments though.

Dec 13, 2023

Well worth watching.. tremendous effort. These are the movies one occasionally finds, sifting through the chaff.

Jul 21, 2023

Too boring. Great views though.

Jun 14, 2023

the raw art of the "never give up"

May 13, 2023

Not impressive. Actors are visually too fat for the entire film. Narative is dull and uninspiring. Very few moments are worthy of the time. Once is enough.

Dec 26, 2022

Some good preforamnces but deeply depressing.

Mar 31, 2022

The scenery held my attention, also the prison scenes in Siberia seemed realistic. It was gritty, which I like. But there was an anachronism when they arrive to Mongolia and discover the country was communist. Mongolia had been communist in real life since 1921, and the movie takes place after WWII, so the characters would have known already that Mongolia is communist and not been surprised.

Feb 22, 2022

Have not seen any stronger movie in a while. Wondering, how comes I have never came across this film before. The fact, that my very grandfather was sent to GULAG on article 58, magnifies and amplifies this flick to me personally. Valka character is played so good, no one could do it any better. The old thieves' song performed by Collin Farrell brings so much reality into the picture, I can only break in tears lol That was a joke, but that is what the original song was meant to make one do. The only thing that I disliked is that Valka is a fan of USSR and Stalin. More likely he was not. There is a fact that GULAG prisoners were getting the tattoos of Lenin and Stalin portraits on either their backs or chests just for a simple reason as they hoped that the guards would not shoot at the "sacred" images in case the image holders would try to escape the camp. Other that that - the movie is brilliant. Ready to rewatch!

Jan 28, 2022

Minha opinião: Um filme com drama de Guerra. Prisioneiros no regime de Stalin, um grupo de prisioneiros foge. E neste grupo atores famosos fazem parte deles; Jim, Ed, Colin, Saiorse,.... Onde irão enfrentar frio, fome, luta, sobrevivência, água, exaustão, feridas, sol, sede,.... Tudo para alcançar a liberdade. Passam por vários países e ainda encontram uma garota que esta fugindo também. Você assistindo a este filme, se compadece da luta e sofrimento de cada do grupo. O grupo inicia com 8, mas aos poucos, vão perdendo parte do grupo. Fé e esperança. #superrecomendo Roteiro: bom Foto: boa Música: Vale apena assitir? Sim um filme que você pode assistir no #youtube Nota: 9

Jun 27, 2021

This certainly doesn't stack up to Peter Weir's well-known achievements like Master & Commander and Gallipoli yet Ed Harris and the incredible scenery make this man vs earth picture very watchable.

Jan 29, 2021

Good movie, if a tad long. Worth watching.

Jan 25, 2021

Whilst there's no real depth of emotion to it, this is an epic telling of an incredible trek, nonetheless, with superb cinematic presence and a core of really good performances. Can't help but feel this might have been better without the well-known actors???, as a foreign language film

Dec 3, 2020

Its a great movie that does a great job of telling an amazing journey and it should'nt be downrated bc it didn't meet some ridiculous expectations.

Sep 5, 2020

Just not enough action for a 2-hour + movie

Sep 3, 2020

Epic survival tale! This was a long movie but I was unaware of the length because I was so thoroughly engrossed. The scenery and the photography were simply spell binding but more than that, this was a story about the indomitable spirit of people faced with desperate odds told with sensitivity and at times, humour. Fantastic!

Sep 2, 2020

Absolutely amazing film. Never give up. Ever.

Aug 23, 2020

Produced by National Geographic, this is a true ‘guy movie' about WWII prisoners who escape from a Russian gulag during the winter and journey across vast terrains as they try to reach freedom. Not classified as a foreign language film but with alot of subtitles that do not diminish things very much and with an over two hour runtime it does have some lulls but overall it keeps attention fairly well. Solid and intriguing tale of man versus wild.

Jun 27, 2020

A mostly great cast on a large scope, this movie is more formulaic and easier to watch than you'd think given the subject matter. Watch it if its on 온라인카지노추천.

Jun 9, 2020

This was a good movie good acting. Seems they captured the true torture of surviving in extreme climates. In addition, it shows an perspective from the Russian suffering during WW2. Only issue is that the movie dragged on a bit long.

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