The Unknown Soldier

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Sidney B @SRBarrett Jul 17, 2026 Powerful and realistic, beautifully filmed. Not a Hollywood war movie. This film belongs in the same class with "1917", "Dunkirk" and the first twenty minutes of "Saving Private Ryan." If you're not familiar with the on-again-off-again nature of Finland's conflict with Russia during World War II, look up the chronology on Wikipedia before you see it (The Winter War and The Continuation War.) See more Hc N @RT04263181 Nov 27, 2025 World War 2 seen from the Finnish perspective is surprising in in many ways, both with the humour and the sudden and unforgiving deaths (which isn’t dwelled upon or done in sloooow motion) and also the storyline, and I’ll stack the book the movie is based on onto my TBR (To Be Read). If you want to see the brutal, swift and gritty part of the war intermingle with comradeship, this is worth the watch. See more Teddy C. @Teddycrimmins Nov 9, 2025 I’ve watched a lot of war movies. And this one, in my eyes - masterpiece. See more Aadam P @RT53697771 Dec 10, 2024 This is not meant to be a movie that you enjoy. It’s meant to break your heart and feel hatred towards war. War is not beautiful and this movie portrays it perfectly. The moment you connect to some character he dies. That’s war. Too many movies romanticize war and if you don’t like that then you’ll love this movie. See more Tph T @Teppihoo Nov 20, 2024 Bad acting, bad script, bad directing and in many ways I see saving private ryan ripoff in this. See more r96 s @RT00952237 Sep 17, 2024 An enthralling watch. 2017's 'Unknown Soldier' is excellent. To make a three hour run time go by in a flash is no easy task, but that's exactly what occurred for me whilst watching this - I probably could've taken another hour, it's that good. I was locked in, what helps is the film wastes no time and gets straight into the core of the story - and doesn't let up until the credits. Eero Aho is sensational as Antero Rokka, what a great performance both physically and emotively - such a memorable character. Aho is the standout, though by no means gives the only noteworthy showing. Jussi Vatanen as Ville and Johannes Holopainen as Jorma are superb too. Credit is due for the whole cast, in fairness. Every sequence hits as intended, the effects are convincing and the horrors of war are shown all too well. Pacing-wise, as alluded to at the top of my review, is perfection. The film only follows the Finnish side, as one would expect given it's a Finnish production, but does an admirable job at showing their good and bad elements. These next words will come as no surprise: I'd undoubtedly recommend that you watch this. See more Read all reviews

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