Prisoner of the Mountains (DVD)

Prisoner of the Mountains (1996) starring a cast of foreigners whose names you would not recognize. Two Russian soldiers of contrasting temperaments are captured by Chechen rebels, who hold them as hostages. A village elder hopes to exchange the hostages for his son, who is being held prisoner in the town by the Russians. In war, however, plans often go awry. This is a slow-paced, moderately interesting movie in which most of the action is confined to the last 30 minutes of the film. I felt something was lost in translation. In Russian, with English subtitles. Grade: C+