well and the movie be basically about the last day of a specific russian regiment station in afghansitan and before the main troop withdrawal in 1985. the movie accurately portray the grim reality of russian army that have make it infamous represent dedovshina ( officer and ncos physically harass and beating and humiliating young recruit ) and mixed character of war ( you can trade with your enemy one day and kill him the next ) and life of woman at the front line and documentary footage of helicopter assault and and coffin be solder and send home in heave c 130 hercules class russian cargo plane with tracer to jam stinger missile and fatigue and boredom and anti war sentiment and emotional side simply put . the there some action scene and but they be poorly do and and often be illogical and like major bandura suicidal walk and turning of his back to 10 year old kid arm with ak 47 who father he just kill . also the fact that in the middle of firefight in the mountain heavy grenade launcher pop out of nowhere ( and any half bright person know that it virtually impossible to hump 40 50 lns launcher on the march anyone ) . but at the same time film show that war be a dirty affair and where murder be sometimes condoned and wanton destruction of whole village for little or no reason be normal and indiscriminate killing of civilian be overlook a collateral damage inevitable during war . some food for thought a to why afghan war a lose . not the best war movie make and but profound and intelligent enough to be worth watch .