Utomlennye solntsem 2 (2011)

Utomlennye solntsem 2: Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. With Nikita Mikhalkov, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Anna Mikhalkova, Oleg Menshikov. A bitter story of the time of World War II, which depicts that for the victims of Stalin’s repression peaceful life was sometimes even worse than burdens of battlefields against Nazi.

“Well, where should I start? Burnt by the Sun: Fortress is definitely better then Burnt by the Sun: Exodus, which was total insanity. I found myself interested in the storyline involving Kotov finding and coming to peace with his family. The acting is not always over-the-top and much more subtle, though we get a lot of ham. There are still a lot of unintentionally funny and rather impossible scenes: for example, the whole take-the-fortress-subplot is pretty silly, cause it is built like a medieval castle etc. Overall, itu0026#39;s an improvement, if you cut out all the wacky scenes, or re-shoot them in a more believable way, youu0026#39;ll get a good movie. Not yet, Nikita, better luck next time.”