Well, let's not forget we are talking Russian cinema here. That means we are not having Hollywood budget, but we have a good story telling and experience making War movies. Anyways, the story is interesting, with enough twists to make a good suspense. The acting is also good, the main characters are convincing. You really need to know the language, or have some good subs to be "in check" with everything. You are not going to find Hollywood action scenes with explosions and effects, but besides that, everything else is good. I may squeeze the movie in 6 to 8 parts, but that's only an opinion. See it and judge it for your self. Overall good new Russian movie.
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tsanev25 January 2009
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Smierdziuch_Paskudnik26 November 2018Generally I like russian war movies. I'll say more, I do like them much more than average american war drama, where everything is going down until the brave GIs step in to save the day. So why, while enjoying the show, I still find this movie a bit of lacking? Well, the truth to be told, this is one of the weirdest russian war production I've seen recently. It is sometimes so graphic in presenting how cruel and insecure the life was under the communist regime in USSR during (before and after as well) WW2, that it sends the shivers down my spine, and at the same time is so illogical. 1. Two brothers of a respected well educated and powerful father, after his arrest one turns a village teacher, the other one a master thief and safe breaker (yep!) 2. Russian soldiers captured by Germans are en masse collaborating with nazis, they get trained as future saboteurs in russian speaking camps, but once land in USSR they turn good citizens again 3. Russians are treated as "sort of equal, not really the same but nevertheless almost equal" to Germans, enough to stage elaborate play just to fool one of them 4. The main character is obviously a genius, who can master self defense by watching drawings on the blackboard, figure out the solution to a most complicated plot while doodling on the wall and of course, pays attention to the shape of nail heads in his boots to prevent his cover being blown. There's plenty more where that comes from and even the fact that. his own daddy being discovered to be the mastermind of German espionage does not take the first prize for "I can't believe that" competition. The award and trophy goes to the two factors (ex equo) - the first russian movie, where instead of fighting Germans, the Russians are either killing each other or ... their Polish and British allies, and that the only action scene showcases the undercover NKVD agent, supported by two soviet german collaborators attack a soviet train somewhere in southern Russia in order to steal the documents belonging to Polish (gen.Anders) army command, while those documents are supposed to be pivotal to the outcome of the WW2.
I rest my case. Enjoyable - yes. Well acted- yes. Logical - Nope. . . -
Zhorzhik-Morzhik8 March 2020"The Apostle" is an exciting series about Russian military intelligence during the Second World War, among the directors of which I will especially highlight Gennadiy Sidorov. A very patriotic action film would not be so good if it were not for the fantastic acting game of Evgeniy Mironov, who, it seems, can play any role in this world. Also in 2008: the dramas "Paper Soldier", "To Paris", "Wild Field", "Don't Think About White Monkeys", "Plus One", "Tulpan", "Shultes", action "Back in Time" and series "Happy People".