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When people think of tank warfare during World War II the brain is immediately transported to Rommel and the desert warfare where the various German vs. U.S. tanks duked it out for years. However, looking back through history and films like Enemy at the Gate and various other eastern bloc war films you have to remember that there were other battlefronts with tanks in them. One of the most notable was the conflict between German and it’s colder enemy, the Russians (so much colder that the Axis powers froze their tushy’s off and never were successful in invading the Ruskie homeland very much). T-34 is a Russian based film that, while a bit jingoist, takes an exciting look at some of the OTHER allies we had fighting with their iron behemoths during the 2nd world war.
We’re introduced to the film’s Russian hero, Nikolay Ivushkin (Alexander Petrov) who is struggling to escape a German POW camp where he and several other Russian prisoners are tasked with repairing a T-34 tank. A tank that Nikolay and his crew had successfully used to wage war against the Germans in a stunning opening battle sequence, wherein he is caught and stuffed into said German concentration camp. There the local commander wants to make use of the captured Russians and a dilapidated T-34 tank by having them be a living target for his own tankers. Having Nikolay and his fellow Russians repair the tank, he plans to use them for war games to hone his Tank soldier’s fighting skills in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
As the prisoners slowly try to build up the tank and get out of Dodge, they discover a few live shells hidden in the bowels of the tank and a plan of escape soon begins to form. As they get closer and closer to the goal of Nazi commander Klaus Jager (Vinzenz Kiefer), the crew secretly prepares for the final escape of the movie, which includes a full on battle between the escaping prisoners and the stream of Nazi tanks that are used to hunt them down and destroy the Russian prisoners of war.
The driving force of the movie is really testosterone fueled action, and while there ARE some dramatic moments to the film that deal more with character development, there is a LOT of action. The entire last chunk of the movie is an adrenaline fueled escape from the prisoner of war camp that has some incredibly well done tank battles that are well beyond anything seen in recent history. Tank battles usually were done in film time period that didn’t really allow some of the modern uses of technology to enhance the battles, and were a bit “clunky” if you know what I mean. T-34 shows off some fancy tank maneuvers that really create a tense and vicious war movie and despite some jingoistic elements in the movie, T-34 is a big and bold action movie that is different than most of Well Go USA’s lineup.
Rating:
Not Rated By the MPAA
Video:
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Extras:
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Final Score:
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T-34 is a different sort of war movie than we’re usually used to. It takes place on the Russian side of the Nazi conflict, and while it pushes the realm of disbelief at times, is a fun action movie that has some really nifty tank battles. I’ve been a huge fan of tanks and tank warfare ever since I was a child, but most of my experience with the behemoths has been researching the desert conflicts with Rommel and the US Sherman tanks that seeing the nimble Russian T-34 tank battles was absolutely fascinating. The CGI in the film can be a bit dodgy at times, but this is a great looking and sounding film by Well Go USA, and worth checking out if you’re into tanks and tank war films at all. Recommended for a decent Watch.
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Starring: Alexander Petrov, Irinia Starshenbaum, Vicktor Dobronavov, Yuriy Borisov, Anton Bogdanov, Artur Sopelnik
Directed by: Aleskey Sidorov
Written by: Aleskey Sidorov
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1 AVC
Audio: English: DTS-HD MA 5.1, Russian DTS-HD MA 5.1, Russian, English DD 2.0
Subtitles: English SDH
Studio: Well Go USA
Rated: NR
Runtime: 139 minutes
Blu-Ray Release Date: June 11th, 2019
Recommendation: Decent Watch
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