rococod-208-935697 Very real and well acted drama. I have never fully understood Bosnian war and UN peacekeepers role until I watched this movie. It really shows how hopeless and inhumane were those times. It is movie to remember for me. I give it a 10 out of 10 since acting is excellent and scenes are real and it has very strong message as an anti war movie. I am very glad I watched this excellent movie. I would recommend this to anyone that wants to learn more about what war is like, what "ethnic cleansing" is like or what went on just 15 years ago in very central part of Europe. Shocking what humans can do to each other, hope that Bosnian country never experience any war again.

Yazi "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke) The accurate depiction of the problems faced by the UN forces in this terrible conflict. The good men in this film were hampered by the impossible UN mandate which allowed them to deliver humanitarian aid, but not to directly intervene to prevent the deaths of those they were sent to protect. Gritty realism and excellent acting performances make this one of the most accurate war films ever made. It's direct camera action and lack of comment makes it appear as if it were a documentary and allows the viewer to make up their own mind as to what they saw. Not that there is much latitude for interpretation in many of the scenes - which were all taken from real events. It's particularly good in it's depiction of how the soldiers coped with their experiences on returning to the UK - something I don't recall being done in any other war film.What is interesting is the profound effect this film has on anyone who sees it. In my case, as an ex British military officer, I was involved in several conflicts including the second major round of the breakup of Yugoslavia - the Kosovo war. That conflict was the only one where I actually felt we were doing something worthwhile. I found myself watching the playback videos of our bombs exploding in Serbia and thinking "Good - the b#######s deserved that!" But this film, which was first shown on BBC at about that time, made me re-examine my feelings. I found that I was disgusted with my attitude because I was essentially no better than those perpetrating the crimes. There is no black and white in any war and this film demonstrates that perfectly. During my officer training, we watched a couple of films to demonstrate various leadership qualities. I just hope this is shown to our latest trainees to demonstrate how difficult the job of a military leader can be.A couple of reviewers question the authenticity of the film in it's depiction and accuracy. It has been clearly stated by another reviewer that all the events in the film actually happened - and that some of the more extreme incidents were rejected. Also, it doesn't attempt to apportion blame on the Serbs - all sides are equally treated. Serbs are depicted at the first checkpoint, whereas the cars which are used by soldiers ransacking a elderly Muslim's house are flying Croation flags.There is only one score which this film justifies. Ten!

paulpickering_18 This film dramatisation tells a story about the lives of some British soldiers serving on a United Nations "peace-keeping" mission at the time of the dissolution of Yugoslavia.The tale is told from the perspective of British army officers and enlisted men who are well trained in the art of warfare, but are unfamiliar with, and frustrated by their "observer" role in the troubled region. The British soldiers are are forced to stand by and witness the murder of innocents at the hands of Serb and Croat militias while they themselves are constantly intimidated by these armed gangs who exploit the weakness and inertia of the United Nations to bully and hamper the British peace-keeping mission at every turn.This film leaves the viewer with a feeling of total disgust at the weakness of the United Nations and the British government for sending troops as peace-keeping observers who are forbidden to "shoot back" unless they consider their own lives are at risk. The Serb and Croat militias who are only too aware of the United Nations mandate, for the most part, only target and murder the innocent "ethnic minority" civilian population, thereby perpetuating the carnage.The good consciences of the soldiers are not left unaffected. After witnessing so much horror, they return to England suffering with severe emotional problems and post traumatic stress disorders. The soldiers' plight is compounded further by an unsympathetic British government and a public who have no concept of how bad the situation is, back in the former Yugoslav republic. The men are welcomed back as if they had just returned from a standard "tour of duty" abroad. They are patted on the back for a "job well done" and expected to simply integrate back into normal home life - with dire consequences for some of these men.This is a remarkable British film which has been shot in typical BBC documentary style. It is a sad and sobering thought that these horrific atrocities were committed within a supposedly, "civilized" European country, by Europeans, at the end of the twentieth century.Superb film-marking - very powerful, harrowing and thought-provoking.

dooose As far as I´m concerned Warriors is a very realistic depiction of what it was like in Bosnia during the war. It shows the brutality being committed to civilians and how the "hopeless" Un-mandate could comfuse (and disgust) both the population and the soldiers themselves. Just look what happened in the "safe sone" of Srebrenica(!).But one must bare in mind that the events depicted here is just in One particular region of Bosnia. Here it happenes to be the British-sector in the Travnic, Vitez, Amichi area. Some incidents I know happened (like the burned victims in the cellar) and some are most likely made up, but surely with the intent of realism in mind. Here obviosly the Serbs outnumbered the Muslims and therefor had most of the control. This I mention because after reading two comments here, both from Bosnia oe most likely to be Serb (saying that the depictions in this film are "black and white" portrayed) and one Muslim (Finding the film to be very realistic, having lived through the whole war in Sarajevo.)Having been in bosnia myself I think I can appreciate this film more. Being shot in Tsjekkia it still looks very much like Bosnia. Although it was wery calm there then (in -99),long after the war was over. The UN had been replaced by the NATO forces(maybe a bit too late). But the work consisted of pretty much the same(except for the extreme tasks given as the result of war off cource) , driving around in our "sizu`s", working with local interpreters and keeping in touch with the local population. The following year I went to Kosovo, a more recent conflict. During that war NATO bombed Serbia in protest of the treatment given to the Albanians in Kosovo. When we arrived(early 2000) the situation had turned to the opposite and it was mostly the Serbs who had to be kept safe of the Albanians, who had started returning to Kosovo.So I agree that there is no such thing as a "black and white" explanation of the tragedy. There was surely bad deeds made by all "sides", as in every war.Film rates 10/10!