Sadly Over-hyped

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Very good movie, following the outstanding acting and brilliant camera work. First of all, must say that this movie has gathered so many great actors that no great production Hollywood movie can match. Plot of the film is pretty catchy and behind it there are distinct social and political messages from the past that can reflect to now days as well. I liked this movie very much because it tends to be what film had been before and that is work of art. Even though modern in terms of composition this movie has some kind of impressionistic style, scenes longer than today movie standards suggest. We might agree that the movie could be shorter for an hour which would probably add more dynamics but then it would take most of the other beautiful things making it looks more like some Hollywood mediocre. All in all, considering the standards of this site I should give rate 10 to this film, at least. Knowing the standards however, I am not confused about so few comments on the movie and sooo low grade.

First of all I was all in desire to watch this film only for one actual reason - this reason has the name - Daniil Strakhov. I have never seen him in the full screen picture so that was interesting, but when I saw it I have found out that this is a very good work - in general this film makes a very good impression from the point of the view on the history of the Soviet Union.......not in general meaning but on some specific aspects - political question was revealed very well. I loved the stories - a lot of personal stories told in the film. There was no main hero and everyone was important to the plot. Couple of words about the plot of the film: the story starts in the North of Russia - near the border with Alyaska in early 1940s.....where American pilots transit planes to the Soviet pilots to combat Germans....... Everything else is to be seen by your own eyes and heard by your own ears.

Rogozhkin is famous as a comedy maker. So when I saw the movie first time I was waiting for a comedy. But it was not a comedy (it had some funny moments but their amount is not enough to let to call it a comedy) so I was disappointed. But then I thought about my impressions and I understood that the movie had a lot of charm.During WWII the USA sent planes to the USSR. Some of the planes flew to the USSR on their own. A net of intermediate airfields was organized in undeveloped areas of the USSR from Chukotka, the territory that was closest to Alyaska, to the Urals. Some pilots used to drive the planes from their airfield to the next one, then they used to return on their airfield and were waiting for a new party of planes from the previous airfield.The movie describes the life on one of such airfields in Chukotka. That was the first airfield of the airfield net. American pilots used to drive there 'Aircobras' from Alyaska and then Soviet pilots used to drive them to the West, to the next airfield inside of the USSR.The Soviet pilots who operated from the airfield were young guys. In the beginning of the movie the twelve young pilots were waiting for the planes and were looking how the American pilots were landing on those planes. Suddenly it turned out that all the twelve American pilots were young pretty girls. Then those guys and girls used to meet again and again in the airfield.But the movie is not only about those pilots. The movie is about the life on the airfield. The movie has got no main hero.Also the image of the Americans is very good in the movie. The Soviet and Americans behaved to one another as friends. The Americans were played by American actors. And the "Aircobras" are looked real. Sometimes soft American music of the 40th plays and it attaches very good atmosphere to the movie scenes. The Russian DVD I bought has got English subtitles.So I RECOMMEND to everyone to buy this movie. It is really good movie and it stands out against a background of the stream of the mediocre modern Russian military movies that have been produced in the last years.

I saw this flick yesterday and I was awed by the flaws of it.Later Russian films tend to be more sufficient,modern with better actors,bigger budget and less Russian propaganda.This here thing has followed the steps of cheap Hollywood filmmakers,with their leader in front - Uwe Boll.Peregon really reminds of some off Uwe's masterpieces.Throughout the movie,nothing happens.I mean NOTHING.Some guy gets drunk,chases a woman,then again the same.It's kinda comical.Then there's the drama for all you romance lovers,but you cant really make out who loves who.There is some action in Peregon,really,cross my heart...about 8 minutes of flying planes.What a crock,I wasted two hours of my life,just to go to sleep at 1 AM in the morning and haven't seen a single scene which I liked.So if you kept reading and didn't get it - try to avoid this "masterpiece".