Purgatory
Seen it?1998 | 120 min | War, TV Movie, Action
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Tailor-made for anyone interested in what war does to people and anyone who likes knowing it really happened. It puts you in the middle of the fighting, and doesn't let you forget the cost. A good follow-up to Hamburger Hill. Based on real events, so expect to go down a research rabbit hole afterwards.
- The mood
- Intense.
- The pace
- Lean, with little time wasted, at 2 hr.
- What might put you off
- Not for anyone who finds explosions tiring.
This is a story about the battle for a hospital building in Grozny (Chechnya) in January 1995 between Russian Army forces and Chechen rebels supported by Arabian mujahideen and international mercenaries. Although the story is fictional, most of the characters are based on real-life prototypes and events are the compilation of true events during the Grozny Siege in the First Chechen War.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 42K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Aleksandr Nevzorov
- Aleksandr Baranov
- Aleksandr Makarov
- Dmitriy NagievDukuz Israpilov
- Sergey RostTankist T-80
- Aleksandr Shekhtel
- Viktor StepanovCaptain Suvorov
- Ivan GanzhaIvan, kapitan
- Zed KorshoonoffChechen Rebel
- Roman Zhilkin
- Georgiy Antonov