4rdi I think it's overrated. I'v seen it and, it has a lot of stupidity in it, may be it's because I'v read the novel what movie was based on as well, I may say that the novel was much better then movie. As it usually does. Another thing about this movie is, it's not quite honest politically. It has this "bad communists" and "good capitalists/nationalists" theme. Cruelty conducted by Estonias and Russian White Card who were the opponents to Soviets are not shown in the movie, even though crimes committed by Soviets are very realistically brought to us. There are some characters (the Finish guy for example) in the movie that are only there because they are suppose to "give credit and honer our allies", these characters have no real roll and they are absolutely unnecessary, but they are there, just show, that during that war, these country(s) and nations helped us in our fight for freedom. In the end, I'd say that the movie would have been much better, if didn't have to count on Estonian government founding, which was giving the money only if the movie is "historically educating". But it's still better then most of the Hollywood war movies. Actors do there job very good. And movie is based on very good novel, which sadly doesn't appear very well because of the "not very bright" scripting.

uplink86 This movie is totally for people who like foreign movies. And it really is the best movie, shot in Estonia (though Tarkovski's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was also shot in Estonia) and by Estonians. I only disliked the ending, when the main character turned into a Rambo-like character. That was a shitty idea. A bigger budget would have given the movie something more, though it had a huge budget for an Estonian movie. Computer graphics was so good, that know one knows, there were any, actually they used CGI to hide things in city-scene, they copied some soldiers and they made other changes as well...And those who don't know about the war in the movies, should know, that there were similar wars in almost every Eastern-Europe countries between 1917-1920, cause Russia was weakened and unstable because of the World War I, and freedom fighters had good chances due that. 7.5/10

kriitik This film is the best Estonian movie I have ever seen. I watched it @ cinema... It made me feel that I am Estonian, cause people have fought for their freedom... Fight for Freedom!!!

jannova I was anxious in seeing this movie, because this is biggest budgeted estonian film and there was a great fuzz about it. Well, the movie was above average.The acting was good, considering that most of the actors were very young boys, who had just graduated acting school. The estonian commander didnt seem belivible to me, he just didnt look like a leader.The biggest let down were the war scenes, where the russian soldiers couldnt hit any of the standing estonians and the machine gun fire didnt mowe down enough russians. The "love" scenes were a bit long, considering that the movie was quite short. I havent read the book that this movie was based on, there shouldnt be much differences in the story.I will give this movie 7/10 points, it is the 2nd best Estonian movie IMO, after "Viimne reliikvia".