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Brestskaya krepost (2010)
This was a superior movie
Well, first off, I found out about this while chatting with fellow Russian rifle collectors (they mentioned the movie had excellent scenes with lots of interesting weapons). They pointed me to youtube, and in the first 2 minutes, I was hooked.
The first 15 minutes are background story (which really fleshes out the movie and helps you see the actors as human beings). Then the fighting begins, and it truly doesn't let up from there. There are several scenes of intense violence (it's a war movie, what do you expect?), but overall they were very tastefully done (this isn't SAW VI after all).
Now, I did have a few complaints, such as extremely poorly designed replica MG34's (they look like a hybrid between a '34 and an MG42), but overall this movie is the best war movie I've seen in recent years, and it's definitely a nice change of pace from watching Jude Law acting like a cardboard standee of himself in Enemy at the Gates.
Reign of the Gargoyles (2007)
A baffling movie
This movie really is just baffling. It has a few good scenes, and honestly, I'm usually a sucker for any movie set in WWII, but I'll make an exception for this one.
First off, the actors have the acting ability of a cardboard standee. That just makes for a horrible movie no matter what you do. Second, there are inexplicable mistakes in the form of anachronisms that just blow it straight out of the water (example: the French Resistance girl somehow magically possessing a Mosin Nagant carbine (never available to France, or anywhere other than Finland and Russia during WWII), the Sten guns firing from a closed bolt, the SAS uniforms being completely wrong, and the MP40's with a 2mm bore diameter).
Did I mention the use of a MORTAR round to take down a plane? How about the fact that the Germans, confronted by an enemy, wait until he picks up a discarded MP40 and starts shooting at them before they attempt to do anything to stop him (and yes, they're standing there, weapons ready, staring at him the whole time)? Overall, if you need a decent laugh at the expense of some Nazis, I'd recommend this movie. Otherwise, I'd recommend avoiding it like the plague.