luka_jmuxa I'm not very good at English and sorry for many grammar mistakes. WEll, some people saying that this movie is propaganda and captured by anti-Russian federation but, I'm from Georgia from that little country. first of all south Osettia was Georgian territory until Russians took it. this movie is based on a true story u want how i know that? because i was there. i saw how they was killing our just normal people putting bombs in villages and killing people without any reason. and as u think Andy Garcia is not playing his role well. because Mikhail Saakashvili(ex.president of Georgia) was not that good he ordered and sent our boys to start the war he lied them that Russians attacked first and we started war but we didn't knew that. it was very hard moment for every Georgian people Russians started putting bombs into city Gori. and they reporters said in TV that they was arriving in Tbilisi. as u know Tbilisi is capital of Georgia. and other France and other country's helped us they're presidents came to Georgia and Russia stopped the war. it was longest 5 days of my life. and this movie is based on true story. that reporter is real too i met him in Gori and every details are correct. this movie is not anti-Russian or propaganda. if u want to see movie about war on based true story watch this and i think 5.6 is lower IMDb rating for this movie . :)

irving33 1 of 10I was very much surprised by the fact that Russian tanks And armored not painted swastika, it would be even more clearly revealed to be the position of those who took money for it. I personally think that these people still live in bunkers that were built in the era of the cold war, which ended 20 years as.The first phrase namely "the war is suffering Pravda" has no relation to the reality and does not apply to any version of Georgia either the U.S. or Russia, there was a need to focus attention on the fact that all Russian villains, namely to kill the innocent, to shoot through kneecap grandmothers, and stealing children 3 wheeled Bicycle with microwaves and TVs from the seventies.I never Saw the Army of Russia which would entirely consisted of Vakhabites, and walked in jeans, well this is probably one of the most small discrepancies...The Russians Bombed the wedding, of course, comes from weddings all evil, and they have a strategic importance.Who am I to challenge the opinion of creators who made the film to justify the actions of Georgia and the U.S. TroopsThe film is created with one aim, hatred, and development of Russophobia those who have watched it. Those who have mastered it, you need medal everyone for the incredible courage and patience.

Garfunkel Right from the get-go the main focus of this movie was to make the US-supported Georgia look like angels while the Russians and Ossetians were basically "blood-thirsty beasts". We obviously know Georgia was the one who blasted BM-21 rockets into South Ossetia and killed thousands of people, and then launched them into Russian Peacekeeper areas in North-South Ossetia and killed a few Russian Peacekeepers which triggered Russia to respond against Georgia. BUT NO!!! Since this is a Western propaganda film, let's switch the truth into bullcrap propaganda to "make our ally looked like they were pounced on by the evil Russkies for no apparent reason to make everyone think, 'Damn those Russians just never get their head out of the Cold War era!!!'" when really it is America that should be doing that.Pros - This movie does have good CGI to best display the cruelty of war.Cons - As I stated above, this movie points the finger from Georgia to Russia as the aggressors. From "on purpose airstrikes on weddings" to random scenes about the Russian Army, or should I say Russian militia gang as they appear to be in the movie, killing innocent civilians for no apparent reason. For example, in one scene these Russian "soldiers" gather a whole village up while our main characters watch these Russians demand for the mayor and someone else of the village and in the process shooting an elder. In the end of this scene, the mayor and the other person get executed and then all-of-a-sudden the Russian "soldiers" let all the villagers go run wild like animals so the Russians can call in Mi-24s to start shooting at the village and the villagers themselves. Also, when a main character is talking with a Russian officer the officer tells him that the army is going to blow up all the Georgian churches; this basically tries to re-validate the old Soviet practice of being godless and suppressing religion; I kept thinking "are these supposed to be Russian forces, or Soviet?" but then again I remembered it was all a propaganda film to show Russia was somehow still having a Soviet Union-era mentality and being evil. In the end when the conflict just "ends" Saakashvili attends to a crowd waving Georgian and NATO-member flags all cheering and being happy, and showing Georgia as if it were all-innocent (sure the Georgian people were but politically we know Georgia started the conflict).If you want a summary: This movie shows Georgia as the US-like defenders of Democracy and freedom, and Russia as the blood-thirsty beasts from the Cold War era out to stop democracy and freedom.

mart liiber I think overall it was a good movie. Sure there may have been little too much propaganda but as more I watched the movie the more I started to thought about how disgusting can be one country towards others. As I remember this right one of the heads of Russia did said that the war was planned 2 years before it took place. So it is obvious that there where nothing to do with the people on South-Ossetia or Abkhazia. It was just an excuse. Also it is funny to hear about how Russian television has brainwashed the Russians, how Georgians started the war and so on. This brainwash has lasted 70 years or more. It is like North-Korea but a lighter version.