Warriors (1999)
Genre: Drama / War
Duration:
175 minuten / 135 minuten (oude Nederlandse dvd) (mini series, 2 parts)
Alternative title: Peacekeepers
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Peter Kosminsky
Starst: Matthew Macfadyen, Darren Morfitt and Cal Macaninch
IMDb score:
8,2 (2.692)
Releasedate: 29 November 1999
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Warriors plot
Liverpool, 1992. Four young English soldiers on furlough are about to exchange their peaceful existence for the horrors of civil war. They are part of one of the first contingents sent out by the UN to the war zone in Bosnia. Their goal is to protect the endangered civilian population. In the depths of winter, they find themselves caught up in a terrible war full of unimaginable atrocities and genocide.
Actors and actresses
Pte. Alan James
Pte. Peter Skeet
Sgt. Andre Sochanik
Lt. John Feeley
Cpl. Gary Sprague
Pte. Tommy Redmond
Lt. Neil Loughrey
Emma
Pte. John Hookway
Major 'Brick' Stone
Reviews & comments
Insignificance
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- 3220 messages
- 5589 votes
You got a medal, someone said somewhere in the second part. A poignant comment that also comes across as such. Perhaps the best proof that this miniseries has an impact. Especially because of the dignified way in which it plays out the frustration, powerlessness and traumas for three hours. No excessive hassle to touch the viewer, not even a word too much, but a series that deals with its horrors and subject matter in a sincere and controlled manner. As it should.
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BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
- 7675 votes
Gripping, realistic-looking film about British UN soldiers, who, because of their limited mandate, have to watch with regret as the warring parties commit the most brutal war crimes during the war in Bosnia. Once again it is shown that the civilian population is invariably the main victim of this type of political conflict and that human cruelty apparently knows no bounds. It's great that the film also pays attention to the soldiers' return to everyday life, because as veteran amadeus01 writes in his commentary: “That's when the trouble really started”.
Everything about this film — the acting, directing, camera work — is of a very high standard. Fiercely.
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Lovelyboy
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- 3953 messages
- 2955 votes
Saw it yesterday and not disappointed at all. The beginning follows the men in a home situation. Those scenes seem a bit dragging, but it is certainly useful to show how these men ended up in something similar from a relatively 'safe' situation. What follows once they are actually broadcast, defies imagination and without things being brought too gruesome. The total chaos, how every fool in a uniform there thinks he is a mini Hiltler about his bridge, neighborhood or roadblock, the heinous acts, the total lack of empathy. Coincidentally, a few hours earlier I saw the last words of Robert Jackson, the prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials in the series/movie Nuremberg. He said evil is the lack of empathy.
As further is the goal, and the image continues, the broadcast of the men is a real nightmare. Until then I think it's good to pretty good. But then the men come home. I find it particularly striking how the main characters proceed in their private sphere and makes the whole thing even better. Except for Brothers with Maguire, I have rarely gotten such a good picture of PTSD. I have to say that I am watching the relevant scenes with especially pvt James with tears in my eyes. So much pent up emotion and frustration.
All's well that ends well, a complete and perfect picture of everyone who got into the war, both before and after that time.
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