{"id":4620,"date":"2014-02-27T12:02:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T10:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.military-history.us\/?p=4620"},"modified":"2014-02-27T12:06:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T10:06:53","slug":"the-9th-company-film-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/2014\/02\/the-9th-company-film-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The 9th Company – Film Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 9th Company<\/a> is the Russian Full Metal Jacket<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It starts of in bootcamp and ends in an inhospitable landscape fighting guerillas in unconventional warfare. It is a fictional portrayal of The Battle for Hill 3234<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That being said, the value of this film lies in what can be gleaned not from the similarities with the former film, but with the differences.<\/p>\n

First of all, we are introduced to Russian culture in the form of dedovshchina<\/a>, a term which encapsulates the institutions of the former Soviet Union ( and which continue to this day).<\/p>\n

Russian hierarchies have their cultural inheritance in the gulag, and in The Bitch Wars<\/em><\/a>. A brutal, and demoralizing structure is created where only the most ruthless and sociopathic element rise to the top.<\/p>\n

Second of all, we have a very clear image of the Majahideen fighting tactics. Majahideen fighters are absolutely unbeholden to death; they are experts at using the mountainous landscape, and are capable of launching attacks where they can disapear into elaborate cave systems without a moment’s warning.<\/p>\n

Children are often actual beligerants, at an age where Western children are still playing with legos.<\/p>\n

This film is pertinent for an idea of what American troops are facing in Afghanistan (it is so superior to the Robert Redford fiasco, and I refuse to name the latter film).<\/p>\n

It is also pertinent to understand the Russian attitude towards non-Russians, whom they deam as being in need of help from their benevolent hand (think Ukraine at this moment).<\/p>\n

I recommend this film.<\/p>\n

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