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As a lover of Soviet Russian culture, I became very interested in the Russian film "Hunting T34", which was released in China a few days ago.
Directed by Alexei Sidolov and starring Alexander Petrov, Vincent Kev, and Irina Statson's nanny, the film tells the story of a group of heroic Soviet soldiers who successfully escaped from the Germans in 1944 with a half-damaged T34 tank.
After the release of "T34", I went to the cinema to watch this 3D World War II film, and the biggest highlight of the film was the tank duel between the German army and the Soviet army.
The precise playing style with realistic 3D special effects makes the audience feel as if they are immersed, not only tense, but also make people feel the cruelty of war.
"T34" is a niche film, and because of this, the film requires a lot of professional investment in production, and the film alone took about two years to prepare. Not only that, the actors involved in the film have been training tanks for several months, so many of the tank operation shots in the film are done by the actors themselves, rather than by stand-ins.
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The film is roughly divided into three parts, each of which is interlocked and tightly paced. The wonderful Soviet-German tank showdown was thus divided into three climaxes.
The snow tank battle at the beginning of the film is thrilling, and then Nikolai pilots the tank to create a miracle of winning more with less, successfully destroying the squad of The German Colonel Jaeger, but Nikolai himself is captured by the Germans.
In the second part, the camera turns to the prisoner of war camp, at this time, the timeline also reaches the end of World War II.
In the prisoner of war camp, captured Soviet troops piloted refurbished T34s as live targets for training. It was at this time that Nikolai saw an opportunity and planned to fly the T34 to escape the prisoner-of-war camp. And in the process of rushing out of the prisoner-of-war camp, it was another battle of wisdom for life and death.
The film also enters the third part, in which Nikolai and his party flee from Germany to the Czech Republic, and in the process, the Germans pursue and kill them all the way. The few shells in the T34 must be used at the blade and not a single round can be wasted.
The final showdown between Nikolai and Jaeger on the bridge pushes the tension of the whole story to its peak
Throughout the film, all kinds of tactical processes are meticulous, and each shell in the 3D slow motion seems to fly through the screen to the audience, and every explosion seems to explode in the audience's ears.
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Although T34 is a commercial film, it is not without losing its rigor, and the tank used in the film was restored from the real T34 in World War II.
The film was released in Russia on New Year's Day 2019 and grossed a whopping 2.2 billion rubles at the box office.
"T34" is currently the second highest-grossing Russian film, with the first grossing film in 2017's "Breaking Bad Munich".
Not only that, but both films have gained a good reputation in China.
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"T34" is a pure tank battle film, and those who are interested in military and weapons must not miss it.
In addition to giving people visual shock and tension, the film is also quite deep.
"T34" is undoubtedly a Russian main theme film, but in the film, whether it is the German army or the Soviet army, there are timid people on both sides, and there are brave people on both sides. The film does not deliberately glorify the Soviet army, nor does it try to defame the German army.
In fact, many friends have already seen this film on the Internet, but I personally believe that even if I have seen it, such a film is worth revisiting on the big screen.
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