Warriors

1999
Warriors
8.2| 2h55m| en| More Info
Released: 29 November 1999 Released
Producted By: BBC
Country: United Kingdom
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If the conflict in Bosnia has become something of a forgotten war, it's not for the want of trying from the immensely powerful BBC film Warriors, the story of five young soldiers and their harrowing experiences in the region.

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balimatorislon-56213 I have purchased the DVD many and many years after the Series went out. Honestly one of most realistic movies on the Bosnian conflict I have ever seen and it hit me like a rocket. I praise a lot the acting of Matthew Macfadyen (immense scene when he wants the Croatian warlord to suck his____) and an amazing Sheila Shehovich that I realised she used to be an interpreter in Bosnia during the war! What really hit me is to see how these British soldiers suffered of PSD after coming back from Bosnia. I believe that this would have been a tremendous situation, watching people being killed and slaughtered, without being able to intervene. Probably the worst ever situation that a peacekeeping force was caught in in hystory. I will keep this DVD on the sale and maybe one day I will watch it with my daughter. I already told my wife, who is in Belgrade at the moment, that I will not allow her to watch this one at all. I know she is so sensitive about the war years, being her from the "worst" category ever that could have been during those mad years: the beautiful fruit of a pure Yugoslav socialist dream, with a Bosnian father and and a Serbian mother that loved each-other so much against all odds and survived the war fending off external forces that wanted to break off their marriage. Za Mir.
adwilliams134 Warriors is a drama, but every incident you see in it is factual. The makers interviewed Infantry soldiers from UNPROFOR1 (The Cheshire Regiment) and UNPROFOR2 (The Prince Of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment).The MoD gave the makers permission to approach soldiers who had been involved in incidents so that they could replicate them for the screen, along with what the soldier's were actually thinking and feeling at the time.A lot of incidents were rejected on the grounds that they would not be believed by the viewing public or were just to 'bloody'.In addition, soldiers helped the actors wear their equipment properly, act properly etc.How do I know this? Two of the incidents depicted I was involved in. I was in the Cheshire Regiment. I have since testified in 2 war crimes trials at the Hague.No matter what you think, believe me it was far worse than what you see. You only see it, you don't smell it.To this day (2007) most of us that were their in that first year still have a feeling that somehow we failed those poor people and our politicians were weak.It is very, very well made and very, very realistic as to what it was like.
Ray Massart This two-part series which was shown on TV is a description of how a majority of British UN soldiers experienced the war in former Yougoslavia.Their task was mainly a humanitarian mission based on a policy of non-intervention.This policy may have worked in the minds of well-intentioned theoreticians but was impossible to execute in the real environment of war-torn Bosnia.These soldiers were subjected to constant stress resulting from their orders not to intervene, the hostility they experienced as foreign intruders,the language barriers and the bestiality they encountered without being able to offer any significant help.The traumas that these men experienced definitely had a devastating and lasting effect on their further lives "Warriors" draws the viewer into the ongoing drama in such a convincing way that one fully grasps the frustration these soldiers must have experienced. Excellent production: a top-class cinematographic document performed by outstanding actors.
rhwilton This film shows the BBC at its best, with great acting, harrowing scenes and touching moments.I notice that some of the comments suggest that it is anti-Serb. Well, some of the "baddies" are Croat. (The scene with the lorry-load of bodies near the end of the Bosnia scenes is a case in point.)Perhaps it's pro-Muslim, but I think anyone watching it will realize that it is not a "goodies" and "baddies" film.Does the film advocate military intervention on a grand scale? No.Does it show the futility of delivering food parcels to people who are about to be massacred? Yes.There are no easy answers to the questions asked by this film. You should watch it and remember that this all happened in a "civilized" European country, just a few years ago.The evil shown is not Serb or Croat or Muslim evil. The evil is hate, that betrays God.At our church, a visiting priest explained that he would not be visiting again for a few months, because he is an army chaplain and his unit was off to Kosovo. Kosovo is a different fall-out from Yugoslavia, but, having seen this film, I prayed long and hard for him.Don't miss it and be prepared to be upset.