9TH COMPANY IN JOHANNESBURG

9TH COMPANY Synopsis: "Impressive" Film Review "****" London Paper "A full throated and very exciting war film" Evening Standard "One of the best war movies in recent times" Robert Lee @ The Movies "Some of the best on screen battles you will see this year... takes brutal realism to a new level" DKN News "Terrific hard hitting war movie: Film Review "Blood guts and action...A cracking war epic" The Sun" "Four Star Entertainment" Channel 4 Film Post-communist Russia’s highest grossing film to date, 9th COMPANY is a stirring and extremely timely modern day war movie on a par with Hollywood blockbusters ‘Full Metal Jacket’ and and ‘Platoon’. In , a band of 39 Soviet soldiers held “Hill ” against 400 Afghan rebels in a remarkable chapter in military history. Based on real events, the film follows ill-fated fortunes of a small group of young Russian soldiers, from the trials of boot camp to their arrival in the heart of the war zone and the climactic, bloody battle that made them all heroes.   Starring: Arthur Smolya Konstantin Kryukov   Category: War   Age Restriction: 16 LVNS