These guys deserve way more recognition for this. It's like a dnd campaign brought to life, with more compelling characters than a lot of what comes out of Hollywood, and with better choreography too

Judging by the recent slew of comments, the algorithm managed to pick this gem up and dish it out all of a sudden. A good thing too, the animation and story were excellent.

"Either we make ourselves pathetic or we make ourselves strong - the amount of effort is the same." - what a great line and very true!

Не хуже голливудских фильмов. Концовка особенно зацепила: - А моё желание? - Ты жив! У тебя есть всё, чтобы его исполнить. Авторам уважение за огромный труд.

That was the greatest thing I’ve ever watched

This is honestly without a doubt the greatest hidden gem iv ever found on YT, Amazing work and talent

This is top 5 things ever put onto KZfaq. The level of effort for two people in order to make a film like this makes it so much more of a gem

Я как "искушённый" киноман сидел полтара часа не вставая, встал только в конце, аплодисменты!... Тронуло, как жаль, что так мало стоящих шедевров(.

I arrogantly judged this off the bat, thinking "An amatuer claymation video in Russian? Probably going to be a bit naff." Holy crap was I wrong! One of the best things I've watched in years and was the first time in a very long time where I was on the edge of my seat. Amazing fight scenes with imaginative monsters, the story is engaging with just the right amount "show don't tell", it's characters are compelling and have genuine and relatable convictions, the dialogue is superb, and I couldn't predict anything ahead of time like I always can with the abundance of formulaic Hollwood TV/Movies we have these days - absolute 10/10, a fantastic piece.

They should make a remaster with more professional quality voice acting and more sound-effects. The animation is amazing.

You two are fucking amazing: The choreography, the pacing, the dramatic arc, the violence, the suspense, the moral dilemma/resolution, EVERYTHING was so carefully conceived, blueprinted and enacted as to be BETTER than an ordinary film, more visceral than a live-action film, more emotionally riveting than Hollywood can usually manage and by far, more labor-intensive and physically artistic than nine-out-of-ten films I view on KZfaq. You should be very proud of yourselves, there were images here that evoked Greek Tragedies and Germanic hero sagas and Vedic struggles of titanic dimensions...I was flabbergasted by how good this was...thank you.

Случайно наткнулся на данную работу, это неописуемый труд с точки зрения построения сцен и работы затраченной на постановку боев, анимации. Сюжет очень хорош, держит интригу до самого конца и не дает скипнуть. Судя по комментам делали 2 человека, этой работой можно и нужно гордиться, очень годно.

I found that ending incredibly satisfying. The truly selfless got exactly what they wished for even if dead. The selfish took it or the grave with themselves...and the winner? The last man standing? Has everything he needs in himself, alive, to make any of his wishes come true? Beautiful. I love it.

Wow! ... This is truly a masterpiece, a hidden KZfaq gems, absolutely underrated, congratulations to the artists.

"Мужик в лес собрался, отказался от стали, так его волки сожрали. Мораль : бери сталь" - гениально.))

Holy crap. I haven't watched a movie in one sitting in years. How have I not heard of this masterpiece? Bravo!! Gentlemen, bravo!!

I have rarely ever seen a better ending to a story. The moral here will stick with me for quite some time. A true masterpiece!

What an absolute masterpiece. 10/10 amazing swordplay and combat. The fact that you see the bull mans triceps and biceps flex and twist as he tries to lift himself is absolutely stunning. You made clay look like a liquid for some beautiful blood effects. The fact that I just stumbled upon this has made my day and inspired me immensely. I love your work, great job.

The obvious flaws are honestly positives in this case, showcasing the earnestness of the creators' objective, they're endearing and actually help cultivate the atmosphere to watch it. The ending was an exceptionally surprising message, as well as the twist of the post-credits reveal.

I've spent a lot of time on KZfaq over the years, and this is the BEST FUCKING THING I HAVE EVER SEEN! That was absolutely insane, and the ending was actually profound in a way I wasn't expecting. Honestly that had me 100% in the moment I hardly realised it was nearly 90 minutes long, the creatures were creepy, great character development and the visuals are just stunning. I am going to tell a lot of people about this!

The realistic combat movements, the use of weapons, the character's way of thinking and evolving personality, all of this is amazing! In the 80s it would've been loved even more!

This makes Wallace and Gromit look like child’s play.

" - Как же моё желание? - Ты жив. У тебя есть всё, что бы исполнить его." 10/десяти на кончиках пальца. Лучше, чем многие современные голливудские и уж тем более отечественные кино поделия. Ну реально: сюжет - имеется, развитие персонажей - имеется , мотивы персонажей поступать так как поступают - имеются, мораль и смысл - в наличии. Огромное уважение к проделанному труду. Если создатели не забросили своё дело, то может с помощью нейросеток женских персонажей переозучить?

Фильм на одном дыхании, начал смотреть лёжа на диване, закончил сидя нависая над телефоном. Даже не ожидал что такая озвучка может понравиться, лучше думаю и не надо, так как фильм берёт смыслом! И боёвка захватывающая! И вроде поначалу чопорные отталкивающие образы обернулись совершенно другой стороной! Правильно в одном комментарии сказали, что в таком формате ярче начинают блестеть бриллианты! Это правда шедевр! Крепко жму руку! 🤝

What an amazing film! This must have been a stupendous amount of work for just two animators. The fights are as entertaining as anything Hollywood has to offer. Rough plasticine clay is much better than bad CGI. It is let down by the awful recording of the dialogue. This could become a hit if they rerecorded it, preferably in English, but with good actors, good microphones, and actual women playing the female roles. Count me in as a voice actor if they do.

Сам факт того, что есть люди, вкладывающие так много труда в то, что не принесёт им вознаграждения, заставляет меня верить в человечество. Спасибо!

Одно из лучших фэнтези, что я видел! Килотонна драмы и брутальности на квадратный метр!

Авторы, вы возрождаете веру в творчество и спасаете разум от застоя. После просмотра вашего шедевра ощущаешь невероятный приток вдохновения, желание творить просто зашкаливает. Спасибо Вам, ребята, просто неописуемое спасибище =)

I'm years late seeing this but it's absolutely phenomenal! It's got Dark Sun vibes. "A warrior does not seek fame and honor. They are after him, while he humbly follows his path. And surely a warrior is not sorry for himself."

- "Мужиком хочешь стать? " - "А ты не хочешь? "😂😂😂😂 Убило просто

3 questions bother me. 1) What did each of the fighters wish for? 2) Is the dwarf a mortal man? And most importantly: 3) What was Vasya the cook like?

That ending line sums up everything. You're alive, you have everything you need to fulfill your wishes/desires.

This is such a good movie ngl Especially the choreography love how the pigman and minotaur fight went full grappling.

This completely captures the feeling and imagery I had in my head as a child playing with action-figures. Watching it was like re-living that time in my life in the best possible way. Not to mention the story and character development were great in their own right.

ОФИГЕТЬ. вот это уровень. я давно так не балдел от просмотра. Чёрт возьми. Это одно из лучших творений, что я увидел в ютубчике за многие годы. выражаю огромную благодарность.

Гениально! Чувствуется , что пилили все шедевры на канале люди, не чуждые борьбе и рукопашке, и отэтого оно настолько гармонично- прекрасно! Глубочайшее почтение и увОжение вам, талантливые братья!

This is a masterpiece! I didn't expect to keep watching till the end with this voice over but the fighting choreography really caught my eye, and then when I saw the character development I had to watch it all. I hope this comment will help KZfaq algorithm to recommend it to more people. This deserves wider recognition.

As a kid i had an entire collection of figures made like this and sometimes i'd just put clay over plastic figures pretending to give them armour that breaks off as they fight god that was such a fun thing to do as a kid

я от Жмиля, сейчас смотрим на его стриме ваш шедевр. это просто прекрасно!

This was amazing. I cant believe 2 guys can put out a movie of this quality. I mean that was the best fighting ive ever seen in a movie. Every move was fluid and made sense. Yall have out done yourselves, this movie puts Hollywood movies to shame!

If the creators are still around this show they put on is something that truly can't be put into words i only wish that they made more

The choreography, the dialogue, the tiny details and expresions rendered in clay... This was simply a masterpiece. 👏 Bless the brothers Akhmetov for making this and the algorithm for recommending it.

It's a good thing i watched this masterpiece before and now i did again. Can you blame me? I just love everything here, animation, fighting, character development and the character themselves. It must have took thousands of hours creating this, and for the attention it is getting, it absolutely deserved it. In the near future, maybe i will come back here again!

Brilliant! I was hooked from beginning. Better storytellers and action sequences than big production movies!

"What about me, what about my wish?" "You're alive, you have everything you need to fulfill it" great story guys!! At first watch I thought to myself what am I watching? Then I got hooked to the story. This is a blockbuster.

with professional voice acting and musical score, this would win an oscar. One of the greatest animations of all time, and its from only two people. Absolutely amazing

lost for words... that was one of the best youtube movies ive ever watched.

Just finished it. The pace is excellent and the dynamic between banter and battle is well balanced, the moral aspect is very well developed - especially the ending and it's twist - the characters are all memorable in their own aspects... Wow, I'm shocked. This is a work of passion that has it all, good characters, good story, insanely good animation. You guys deserve every bit of praise and that's not nearly enough.

Who knew a plasticmation for free in KZfaq would be my new favorite movie... Seriously, I cannot think of a better example. The raw amount of effort, action, and moral of this story is amazing. Even the downsides point to an upside, the voices were very similar, but I didn't care at all the entire movie, I was so into the story I barely even noticed, it was so good I could look past all of the very few negatives. Only True 10/10 I could give to anything.

Fucking legendary! Holy shit, where has this video been hiding for 5 years?! Those fight scenes are better than ANYTHING I’ve seen in a hollywood movie. Mad respect for the creators. This is what legends are made out of.

This is amazing! The soundtrack is kickass, the fights are beautiful, and ther characters are fantastic! I truly love this! Bravo to Ivan and Alexey Akhmetov!

Это заслуживает оскара!

This was actually sick, you could feel the inhuman toughness of the monster in the arena by all the blows and punishment they received. Really great combat scenese, and the ending makes for a good leeway of theory discussion.

Одно из лучших если не лучшее видео на ютубе живой шедевр ,а его создатели крутые творцы спасибо за ваше творение мне нравится как тут всё устроено битвы,диалоги,пермонажи и тд . После просмотра всегда у меня офигенное вдохновение 😢❤!

This is one of the best overall movies I've seen. It surpasses many more filmed with actual cast and special effects crews and huge budgets. It shows you guys put your entire heart into it. Insanely good.

Вот это чувство стиля!!! Неограниченная фантазия!!! Каждый поворот сюжета непредсказуем, полтора часа в напряжении на одном дыхании! Глубокие мысли, и характер героев. Редко пишу коментарии - но это гениально!

Этот фильм достоин показа в кинотеатрах! Он как чистая вода среди всей этой попсовой мути! Концовка очень удивила! Бои просто делал мастер и они захватывают тебя! Это шедевр!

This is an amazing achievement. You guys are skilled filmmakers and storytellers

This is an 'S' rank for claymation standards, fantastic job!

Случайно нашёл этот шедевр (привет пикабу). Это настоящее сокровище, бриллиант. Переживал за братьев как за родных.

The action in this claymation is better than most live action movies. Absolute awesomeness

incredible work. The storytelling, the emotions, the sheer mastery of clay, and the ending! One of the best things i've seen on youtube in a while, thanks for this masterpiece! I won't put any spoilers, but I must say that some of the plot twists were just too well done.

Вот на такие произведения фонд кино должен тратить миллионы. Это потрясающий фильм.

Это настолько великолепно и философски глубоко. Очень поразила финальная фраза. "Ты жив - у тебя есть все, чтобы выполнить свое желание" Авторам огромнейший респект и благодарность!

I was very sad when I watched this video, all the characters died and only one of the many characters remained. This video is truly impressive💥🔥

This film made me out loud shout ‘NOOOO!’ When the characters died. I was more emotionally invested in this film then I’ve been in any film this year. Absolutely amazing

This is one of the best KZfaq videos I've ever seen. Better than most Hollywood movies in my opinion and with a more riveting story. All of this done by two people. Bravo!

That lightning strike has to have been one of the most hilarious displays of how OP magic can be.

Ну братья, вы дали! Не мог предположить, что так затянет досмотреть до конца! Это своего рода пластилиновый шедевр!

More people need to find this is unironically better than 90% movies releasing today in terms of story,action AND characters. Is the first movie that got me thinking about it days after watching it in a while.

Афигительно, просто слов нет! Полтора часа кровь/кишки на одном дыхании, а в конце настоящий катарсис. Осознал себя в одиночестве сидящим перед экраном монитора, и ничего вокруг.... Я жив, пойду воплощать свои мечты!

Посмотрел по совету друга. Вначале, если честно, отнёсся скептически и ожидал классический пластилиновый трешак с кровищей без смысла и сюжета... я ещё никогда так не ошибался! Отличный сюжет, прекрасно поставленные боевые сцены, живые персонажи с проработанными личностями, диалоги со смыслом, ВОТ-ЭТО-ПОВОРОТЫ и сама техника исполнения - 11 из 10, господи, 11 из 10-ти! Большое спасибо братьям Ахметовым за их работу и отдельно желаю им новых творческих успехов.

Im only about a minute into this and its by far the best movie I've ever seen in my life. The work that must have gone into this amazing stop-motion film must have taken an incredible amount of time and patience. Im showing this to everyone I know. What an amazing job. The first fight scene just blew my mind. Everything about it is perfect.

Этот фильм- это тот редкий тип творчества, который делается совершенно безвозмездно. При всём этом, авторы умудряются сохранять интересную динамику персонажей и чётко прописывать их характеры. Шикарная работа!

I randomly clicked on this video because it was in my recommended.. didn't think I'd actually watch or be engaged by anything from my recommended for so long through upon first viewing on KZfaq, I didn't even check the comments for fear of spoiling it, AND was engaged the entire time, you managed to make the fight scenes Supreme and gory, this an unexpected gem, I was emotionally invested in the characters. I was scared that any of them would die. Simply a masterpiece, props you guys who created this and to KZfaq for showing this to me.

Это не обычный мульт, тут душа вложена - это произведение искусства. Низкий поклон авторам.

As a current student of animation and stop motion, this is fucking insane. The level of detail, storytelling and cinematography is overwhelming. I hope you get picked up my a major studio soon, you certainly deserve it!

Фильм потрясающий! От концовки я вообще в шоке был, сначало подумал, что только девушка выживет, а в итоге выжил тот персонаж, который(как я думал) умрёт где-нибудь в середине фильма. Большое спасибо авторам за проделанную работу! Никогда не переставайте творить!

The wrestling moves is so damn accurate.

excellente!!!!!

17 minutes in. I have no clue how I got to this part of youtube, but damn, if I'm not invested! Theres something really charming about the practical effects plasticine animation can produce, that CGI just _cannot_ reach.

Better than anything to come out of Marvel for a while.

Это что-то титаническое. Вы бы переозвучили, да выпустили ещё раз. Очень мало просмотров для такого. Мы уж в тренды постараемся вывести.

The Akhmetov brothers are my new favorite animators. What an epic story, even with a questionable English translation this was incredible. Ive never been so impressed with stop motion. Incredible score, brilliant choreography, it’s just an instant classic in my book. Well done sirs.

Спасибо рекам за это видео, а авторам глубочайший респект, такую колоссальную работу проделать

This should be a cult classic! This is easily one of the better action movies i´ve never seen. It´s visceral, inspiring and moving. I´m gonna tell everyone that I can to go and watch this film!

RIP hammer man , dude really just said “Gun” this is absolutely amazing words can not describe how incredible this is to the fights the dialogue the animation and detail within the characters….just ugh so good man

Absolutely fantastic film. Easily better than pretty much anything that comes out of major studios these days! You should have a Patreon. I'd definitely pay 20 dollars for the hour and a half of entertainment.

Наткнулся совершенно случайно, как же это круто все снято!!!! Любые мелочи, мимика, озвучка, колоссальная работа!!!! Я в восторге! Это самый крутой пластилиновый мультик который я видел!

The KZfaq algorithm has brought me a gift Just finished it Holy Shit that was amazing by far the best claymation I've ever seen what a gem and despite the rough transition a pretty good story really wish these guys would've continued making stuff because they have a real talent for this great work guys

Просмотрел фильм от начала до конца. Невероятно круто, каждую минуту удивлялся сколько труда и фантазии вложено в эту анимацию. Лепка, съемка, монтаж, музыка, звуки, эмоции, мораль и философия. Благодарю, было круто!

This is a masterpiece!! 10/10

I found part of your animation on a Tiktok video without giving any credits, I'm glad i found your original channel and even the whole animation, you're incredible talented and I have no doubt you're even better now

That was bloody awesome! I almost didn't watch it due to the poor voice acting, but once it got going it almost didn't matter. The story was really well told and the characters had a surprising amount of depth. Add the superb stop motion and brutal fight scenes made that one hell of a good watch. I can't believe it doesn't have more views and comments.

Это просто шедевр!! Такой сюжет и экшн сцены! Надо показать это всем режиссёрам знаменитым - и сказать им, учитесь гавнюки, как надо фильмы делать!

Скелеты это имба! Так классно сделаны их фигурки, аааааа! Мультфильм супер, хоть и сюжет простой. Но ведь это экшен! За то с поучительной моралью. Жаль героев, переживал за них больше чем за себя! И еще раз, скелеты красавцы! Обожаю их в разных играх!

This is a f*cking masterpiece. Holy shit! I don't know how I found this, but I'm so glad I did! I hope we get an english dubbed version soon - I can totally see this being on a major streaming service in the near future. 9/10 - absolutely amazing work!

"You ether make yourself week Or you make yourself strong The effort is the same " Wow 😳

Holy shit... I mean SERIOUSLY, this shit is way WAY beyond my expectations! I LOVE IT! Way better than most Hollywood BS, and I say this as someone who usually is picky on Historical based combat. But the characters, the fact that they use what they can, the show of desperation, I love it! Not yet done with it as of writing this comment (at 56:26), the Pigmen, breaking weapon after weapon, as a way of showing their immense strength to the viewer, but when it comes to the Mace, a very strongly built weapon, it tried, but quickly tosses it away in frustration as its too sturdy, even for it. I love it. And all the extra effort in modelling small details and shit, so much they could have skipped and just been like (oh well that happened off screen while you were looking at these other characters), things such as bandaging, picking up weapons, cleaning weapons and clothing, also small details such as bits of armours being chopped of the characters or "heroes". ... And that ending... damn, NOT what I was expecting, but so.. soo much beyond expectations. I wont say details about the end for fear of spoiling it, but that was such a nice ending! A dose of mystery, but also fullfillment and some real life wisdom/advice to come with it, that being that its never too late to change your ways, dont give up on life or yourself, go ahead and do what you think is right. The only two "negative" notes I have on this, is that I noticed a few voice lines were missing (but the subtitles compensated) and also the voice acting wasnt all that great, but I do NOT complain about those two facts, as this was done by a two man team and if they would have been given a "proper" movie budget none of those things would have been there as a "problem". So with what they had they did an absolutely AMAZING job and I dont even wanna think about how long it took them to make this! xD Goodnight yall!

I would love to see a live action of this movie done as perfectly as its done here but I don't think its possible. This movie is beautiful.