Orzel. Ostatni patrol (2022) User Reviews

Disgrace to the real story of the Orzel crew

[Regnmager · 2/10 · 2 November 2022]

Disappointment starts with quote citation of Poland's current Minister of National Defence. Movie is overpumped, ready to explode with pathos, making no more space for anything else.

Scenario, music, cinematography, everything here is lacking, insufficient, artistically infertile.

I want to believe that talented men who were cast just had no place and possibility in this abhorrent scenario to spark anything to make their charcters feel like actual real human beings, instead of lifeless moving statues of Polish martyrdom.

And this is the main problem with our current Polish movies about national heroes - producers/directors simply seem to forget that people they want to honor with a movie were real people, with passions, upsides, downsides, with spark in eye, with tears on cheeks, taste of blood in mouth, full of honor, love, anger, fear.

Extremaly realistic.

[darklightbeam · 10/10 · 13 December 2023]

One of the best movies about submarine service. Received very good opinions from Navy officers. However is not for everybody, because lack of standard action and maritime terminology. Very minimalistic music and dark, artistic pictures. Definitely worth of seeing, but You need to be prepared this is not typical "hero war action" movie. More psychological thriller then anything else. For sure it will be interesting for people, who have knowledge about WWII history and are familiar with sea. It is hard to find more realistic picture about being inside dark, wet, tight, stuffy tube full of tremendous fear and lonely people. The best to watch in absolute dark room and with the headphones.