richeysj
These are two of the most resilient characters in movie history. They kick the crap out of each other for over 1/2 the movie. Yet they each just keep coming back from horrible wounds inflicted by the other either by jungle attacks or torture. Damn! These two shake off some seriously painful injuries! Rambo has nothing on these two!! Okay, peace out!!
jormatuominen
Killing Season is not one of de Niro´s or Travoltas more memorable films, nor is it very original. The film kicks off with an American IFOR unit catching a Bosnian Serb death squad red-handed after an atrocity and summarily executing the serbs. A very late date is given in the film, October 1995, so the incident is completely imaginary as many have pointed out. I don´t see how this could possibly matter, though. This is not a film about the Bosnian war at all. This is a film about war in general, and the backdrop could be any war. The main body of the film takes place in the present and in the U.S.A. A former adversary comes to face off a troubled former American soldier after some cat and mouse play. As in the similar but much better film Shot Through The Heart (1998) both players are looking for a closure to their agonies rather than simple revenge. In that film the adversaries were snipers from the actual Bosnian war. Another related film would be the Estonian film Mandarines (2013) about the Russo-Georgian war of 2008. De Niro´s and Travolta´s characters fight it out in the woods in pretty much classic Rambo mode, but to make things more interesting they also exchange a lot of dialogue that explores their psychological traumas, similarities and differences. The pain they inflict on each other is an extension of the pain they can´t get rid of after the war. The point of the film is one to take seriously: you can´t expect to go to war and come back the same. Here it is made by world class actors in a beautiful natural forest setting. Worth watching before you go ethnic cleansing or decide to attack a foreign country.
ivana-savic0
Did they really think that from lies and garbage an art can be created?! No, my dear all, it's not happening like that. This movie ruined my night, my impression about two great actors (I don't want to see them anymore) and tried to ruin the truth... but, it's not possible, thanks to God. Wait for what you deserve.
Sam Figura
John Travolta played a Russian war veteran, and he had the best Russian accent I have ever heard. I honestly did not expect him to have such a strong accent, but it was done very well. Robert also played a really emotional role, and I feel he did very well under the given circumstances. I was impressed with the acting, and I was impressed seeing two movie legends battle it out. Overall, I gave the movie a 7 out of 10 because I feel some moments could have been better. I feel a few moments he could have killed him, and he should have. But overall, the acting was very good. I just feel it should have had a more realistic element to it.
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