Mykhailo Sazhniev So why did I like the movie? Because in 2008 I, as most of the world, was more concerned with my little deeds, than understanding war at neighbour country. Russian Federation is very skillful at lie, and it can distract not only from the truth, but from the tragedy in general. But later I studied what happened and was shocked. And then they attacked Ukraine with same methods. They ruined lives of millions of people and pretend they are not involved. Very similar to Georgian war. And only now I watch the '5 Days of War'. Movie '5 Days of War' is a must-see. It's not just carefully picking sceneries of country and horrors of war. It shows in a brief way real documentary facts everyone should know. Movie made me shiver from despair, fear, sadness, horrific tragedy. And it's not just movie, reality is around us - just read some comments. And guess who left them. But before watch the movie and read some books about what happened (Marcel H. Van Herpen's would be good to start with).Truth is the worst Russian's enemy. And always was. Movie is a great asset for those who want to know history a bit better but lacks of time and effort to reveal the truth. In that perspective '5 Days of War' is almost documentary. Not fictional as all Russian propaganda's movies are('Avgust. Vosmogo' for example). The main thing - Mikko Alanne and Renny Harlin briefly describes for viewers those 5 terrible weeks - ordinary Georgian had to live through. All who studied thoroughly history of Russian-Georgian war would find movie to be not just good, but absolutely needed as even now Russian Federation continues to do everything possible to hide what they did to Georgia in 2008. And world still does not studied events good to oppose Russian aggression. People still doesn't know enough to understand such movie is a MUST for everyone who ever learn something about Russians and their methods.Russian federations breed honor and does it not by mistake, but deliberately. They create criminals on purpose – to do the dirty things with other's hands. As always they use all methods, including (and especially) terrorism, to reach their goals. Also I have seen some commentaries here. You know - they hate, people who wrote them, they hate everything that brings light on the events, everything that tells what Russian did exactly. Only one "true-story" is allowed - Russian lies. I am not exaggerating. The have never opened KGD archives, they continues to terrorize, kill and lie. They are very good at lies. Don't be distracted with low evaluation - movie worth it, to understand what was happened and what is going on now. Movie is tough. It's only one little piece of horror that was brought from the north to the Georgia. Good camera work, realistic big-scale effects and just very beautiful sceneries, people and culture of Georgia! It is worth seeing and such lessons must be learned so not to let repeat it in greater scale.

Ivanoil Overall i would recommend this movie to everyone .It has true historian events in the foundations of its plot. One thing that i didn't like in this movie is the usage of unreal scenarios (holywood heroism , cliché action thriller stuff).I believe that if you as a writer and director using a true story as a basis to you movie you need to make the movie as real as possible.I liked that the scenes were shot very well ,the fights and (almost) all thats happening was shot very good for my taste. I also like when the story of a film is something that we can actually learn from ,needless to say that these "minor" sorties that nobody heard about or did but two days later forgot about it , are stories worth mentioning.

irving33 1 of 10I was very much surprised by the fact that Russian tanks And armored not painted swastika, it would be even more clearly revealed to be the position of those who took money for it. I personally think that these people still live in bunkers that were built in the era of the cold war, which ended 20 years as.The first phrase namely "the war is suffering Pravda" has no relation to the reality and does not apply to any version of Georgia either the U.S. or Russia, there was a need to focus attention on the fact that all Russian villains, namely to kill the innocent, to shoot through kneecap grandmothers, and stealing children 3 wheeled Bicycle with microwaves and TVs from the seventies.I never Saw the Army of Russia which would entirely consisted of Vakhabites, and walked in jeans, well this is probably one of the most small discrepancies...The Russians Bombed the wedding, of course, comes from weddings all evil, and they have a strategic importance.Who am I to challenge the opinion of creators who made the film to justify the actions of Georgia and the U.S. TroopsThe film is created with one aim, hatred, and development of Russophobia those who have watched it. Those who have mastered it, you need medal everyone for the incredible courage and patience.

Michael UK Good grief. What is a movie for? Entertainment, or education? Scores of American and British war films are educationally deficient, but marvellous entertainment. Frankly, I didn't know much about the Georgian conflict, but I didn't watch in order to be educated.It may be biased, but as a piece of entertainment, well, it worked for me. The cinematography and special effects were very good, the story engaging, and the acting, just fine. It drew me in and I genuinely enjoyed it. I might equally enjoy a film biased towards the Russian side, just as I've enjoyed films about Vietnam biased towards the American side (which most are).I don't understand why so many reviewers here have got on their high horses. If the film had been about some conflict between fictional countries, would they have been less critical? Would they have been able to concentrate on the story, the essence of which could be applied to many wars, including ones in which Americans or Brits have been involved and carried the lion's share of the blame?