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Purgatory

1998 · 120 min

A grim, unrelenting plunge into urban combat that leaves you shaken and exhausted rather than entertained.

Overview: 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 feels: Dark, bleak, tense and earnest. Relentless and demanding.
About: War, violence, survival, death
Content: Strong violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
violence
survival
death
loyalty
Places: hospital
military
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex none