STARRING: Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, Ron Perlman

LINE ON THE POSTER: A Single Bullet Can Change History

WHAT HAPPENS: It's Autumn 1942 in Stalingrad, Russia and as the winter is drawing one of the key battles in World War Two intensifies. As more young soldiers are lost in the horrendous battlefields, more and more of them are shipped in by train daily to be greeted by a once great city ruined by terrible war. One young soldier Vassilli (Law) arrives and actually survives the suicidal opening charge. Enthusiastic and ambitious Propaganda officer, Danilov (Fiennes), notices his heroic actions and brilliant shooting capabilities and decides to spearhead a victory campaign around Vassilli's young country boy and idolised hero of war profile. However when the German's decide to unleash their best marksman on Vassilli, Konig (Harris) a game of 'cat and mouse' ensues and there can be only one winner.

ANY GOOD?: It's excellent. The real treat is the performances by the two English leads that show, whilst the British film industry is churning out awful gangster rubbish, our actors are showing Hollywood how it's done. Law is definitely going to be one of the leading men in mainstream cinema for the next 10 years as he has it all, the ability, the charm, charisma and the look. He was wonderful in this film and thoroughly convincing as the ordinary guy who is hailed as a hero to boost moral. Fiennes was also excellent and deserved longer screen time because of the complexity of his character. Plus the blue-steel eyes of Ed Harris, fantastic as the ruthless Nazi Konig, greatly added to the tension. The film also looked grimly brilliant as the disintegrated city of Stalingrad was excellently replicated and the battle scenes were harshly realistic and bloody. The action sequences make the hairs on the neck stand to attention and will leave you speechless. One down side was the romantic sub-plot, which may be a really moving for some, but it seemed a flaw in an otherwise mesmerising movie. Great Stuff.

BEST BIT: The one-on-one sniper battle in a disused Tractor Factory. Konig and Vassilli think they can outsmart each other, so who will get the upper hand?

INTERESTING FACT: This is reportedly the most expensive European film ever made, weighing in with a Hollywood blockbuster budget of $90 million.LIKED IT, TRY: Saving Private Ryan, Stalingrad or Titanic