Love, Death & Robots (TV Series) The Secret War (2019) User Reviews

Doom

[johnowere · 9/10 · 17 March 2019]

It's Doom, but the Ruskis have to deal with the situation in the Siberian Tundra. Very beautiful scenery, very gory violence.

Best series!

[telman3D · 9/10 · 17 March 2019]

One of the best series! Top Animation from all series! Who ddid this?

Great CGI!

[skywalker_2003 · 8/10 · 22 March 2019]

This is a priceless work with great characters and good directing. hyper realistic animation mixed with a good story and the only problem is that film ending early because this is a short film!

This could easily be a movie or a series

[Turambar_tr · 10/10 · 15 March 2019]

Wow. i loved this one amazing from start to finish. And it has a nice setting, nice atmosphere and everything.

And i think this could easily be much better than movies like Grey. I think even they can make a series if they add more types of those monsters.

9.5/10

[guilhermelopes-86916 · 10/10 · 21 March 2019]

With ep 1 and 7 the best ep of the season. How did they make cgi thats looks better than anything ive ever seen? Emotional, looks amazing, great story.

Amazing

[zambezielmes · 10/10 · 16 March 2019]

Loved this, best episode of the series! Very well made and animated!

I hope they make something like this into its own series.

10/10

This is it

[william-levi · 10/10 · 15 March 2019]

It is an master work from start to end Red line all through. This belongs with the AAA

Metro 2033?!?!?

[syneac · 24 March 2019]

It reminds me Metro 2033. I know it's not the same story but i see some similarity.

Action-centered as usual but still epic

[thibault-li · 7/10 · 23 March 2019]

It's not a very original episode. It's a mix between Wolfeinstein for the inclusion of Demons in WW history and one of the last episode of Season 7 of Game of Thrones. The visual style is the same as « Beyond The Aquila Rift » and « Lucky 13 ». It's one of the most breathtaking piece of bravery of the all season.

The BEST Episode Yet!!!

[knightox · 10/10 · 20 March 2019]

Like other reviewers I feel like they could have made this into a very entertaining movie. Everything was done exceptionally well. I didn't want it to end so quickly. Great job!

Siberian demon.

[Pjtaylor-96-138044 · 6/10 · 4 January 2020]

'The Secret War (2019)' surrounds a group of soviet soldiers facing off against some sort of demonic entities. It has a few large-scale battles, each more eye-pleasing than the last. It also has a good sense of cold, frightening atmosphere and a decent dynamic between its core characters. It isn't always all that compelling and its dialogue is stilted. It has more than enough going for it to be worth a watch, though. It's a decent war-time horror. 6/10

This needs to become a complete movie (spoilers)

[deedzremix · 9/10 · 6 April 2019]

Love, Death & Robots is one of the many surprises that Netflix offers. The whole serie of these animated shorts reminded me of The Animatrix (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328832/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) The difference is that the latter is build around one theme ('Matrix') where LD&R contains different stories.

One of the stories is The Secret War. A bunch of hardened Russian soldiers is not fighting at the WWII front but is facing an alien enemy in the frozen forests of remote Siberia.

While the story might not be very original, the way it's delivered blew my mind. The animated characters, the surroundings, the reactions and behaviour of the cast, well, everything looks so unbelievably real. Again, mind blowing. After witnessing a true heroic battle you just don't want it to end. But it ends. The only criticism I have is that the characters speak English and not Russian. I'm looking forward to see more from this story, this animated pinnacle deserves a grand sequel!

9 out of 10 stars. Highly recommended.

X-Files meets shooter game

[ganymedes1985 · 6/10 · 28 June 2019]

There may be a well developed story here, but it wasn't hitting me with much feels...

Nothing special

[maximusgrg · 1/10 · 5 April 2019]

This episode was really boring. Great animation but very weak story.

Refreshing

[My_Some_Untaken_Username · 9/10 · 24 March 2019]

I actually registered just to state a couple of facts with my opinion. So this one obviously goes back in time but doesn't portray the soviets simply as the baddies. In fact the episode is completely impartial of any political conflicts. It's really rare to see unvilified depiction like this. On top of that, the quality and setting is up there with the best of them.

My favorite

[vinni-44800 · 9/10 · 29 March 2019]

Only one negative thing: could be narrated in russian. Actually all episodes should have this option, but epic still

Should have been narrated in Russian

[AleksandrBelenko · 9/10 · 13 October 2019]

One of the strongest episode in the season. Hyperrealistic CGI, fascinating plot, and finally Westerners portray Russia, in this case Siberia, as it is. Time to talk about bad stuff. The pronounciation of names and organizations are so bad. Cheka has the stress on a, so it prononses as cheká, not chéka. The name Boris has the stress on i, so it is Borís, not the way you pronounce London´s major name. And overall, all the people are speaking with russian accent. Would be more logical just to dub everything in Russian to begin with, so there would be no such errors, and it would feel more genuine. By the way, one of the actors here is Ukrainian, he should have explain to the writers and other actors how russian words should be pronounced.

1x18

[formotog · 8/10 · 13 August 2020]

This one was reaaalllly good. The animation was terrific and the cinematography was just stunning. I love when shows and films use occultist themes and I think this episode did it very well. The gore was quite frankly ungodly, possibly the goriest thing I've ever watched. To say this was dark and gritty would be a massive understatement. The music was brilliant as well and I found myself really rooting for the small group of Red Army soldiers. The creatures were pretty terrifying, although nothing that special. They acted well as a necessary, unrelenting force that the story required. Definitely one of the best written episodes, and overall it's probably top 3 of the season

High 8

THE BEST

[bazingashoringa · 3 July 2019]

This is undoubtedly best episode. it just screams testosterone and blood war monsters and emotions i love it!

6/10

[aimen-k · 6/10 · 23 August 2021]

Great CGI! But nothing special, the episode was really boring, it was just a sequence of war scenes.

Rush N Attack

[southdavid · 8/10 · 18 April 2019]

I've decided to review each of the short films that make up this series individually.

A Russian army unit fights against Demonic forces in the forests of Siberia.

For this final episode, the series brings back more super high quality CGI, this time for an excellent, if not hugely original tale, of humans sacrifice and loyalty vs. the Occult armies. Unlike some of the other CGI stories, that I felt played out all they had in this one short run, this one felt like it only fleshed out enough to pique my interest and this could have run longer.

7/10

[Dream-Traveller · 7/10 · 20 July 2022]

Nice concept, aptly executed. A short, yet daunting adventure in the Siberian tundra. Bleak and cold, both in its story and environments. A flicker of warmth that comes with characters. Doesn't feel forced. Subtle historical background. The last part was unnecessary, albeit with a nice touch at the very end. Good direction. Not enough tanks :P.

Incredible!

[leld-13119 · 10/10 · 28 March 2019]

Most of the people says that it could easily become a movie/series. But what i really wanted is it to become a GAME!

Best cgi and worst story

[bayasaa-54409 · 1/10 · 22 May 2022]

Cgi was awesome but story was very bad. Story doesnt have any logic and meaning. Other episode have deep meaning and vergy good logic even in futuristic episode. I really dont recommend this episode. Waste of time and dont watch it.

Wow!

[starving_college_student · 9/10 · 31 March 2019]

This was my favorite of LD&R. I think that is because it feels the most 'complete' of all the shorts. The problem with shorts this short is that they can feel like a one-line joke - not something truly developed or fleshed-out, and ultimately not totally satisfying. The Secret War, however, builds slowly (like how feature films do), is artfully constructed, and ends with a bang. On top of tha, this is some truly amazing CG. This is a great way to finish out the series.