Critic Reviews

A groundbreaking view of the horror and pity of war, I can’t remember a cinematic experience quite like it. It’s devastating and extraordinary.

“2000 Meters” is bruisingly intimate nonfiction.

Chernov is armed only with a camera, to the astonishment of many soldiers he encounters, and the film was constructed by editing his footage together with that of solders’ helmet cameras and drone material. Chernov shows us how drones are now utterly ubiquitous in war, delivering both the pictures and the assaults.

2000 Meters to Andriivka is a war chronicle like no other.

Chernov offers us a visceral look at what Ukrainian soldiers have been facing for the last decade.

Like its predecessor, this is an angry, viscerally illustrative film — but it’s a weary one too, occasionally narrating its first-hand view of military combat with the jaundiced sense of futility that comes with living through long-term conflict.

A harrowing first-person view of a ceaseless nightmare, defined by both blistering immediacy and crushing sadness.

We all know about this war, but until you actually see it, it’s difficult to grasp. That’s why 2000 Meters to Andriivka is so important, people need to know what is going on.

2000 Meters to Andriivka” is a grueling watch that can’t possibly capture the full extent of the traumatic day-to-day of waging this war. But even capturing a slice of it is a triumph of empathetic identification.

It’s worth a warning for those that watch––some images in 2000 Meters to Andriivka you will not soon forget.