Kirpianuscus the line between good and evil. the war. in all its forms. the appearances. and the deep roots of the story in our contemporary every day reality. few motifs for define this film as special. for the inspired grow up of story. for performances. for ambiguity who gives, at the end, an impressive revelation. for the atmosphere of play. for the states of Matjin who reflects the fears of us. for the cold verdict. and, sure, for violence who is not more than convincing spice for a film who could be a warning or just precise reflection of reality.

daggersineyes Sorry, this film is awful - so bad I felt compelled to write my first review. It tries to be awfully clever and fails miserably. There is nothing about this flick that redeems it. No action. No great acting. No great story line or wonderful special effects. No deep & meaningful lessons to be learned. Just a boring torture fest with no point and a silly ending. I actually skipped through the middle section which was basically more of the same, it was either that or quit watching entirely. There is NOTHING interesting about gratuitous scenes of torture. Even less interesting when it's essentially the same torture over and over again. The flashbacks were annoying, slow and boring. The story, such as it is, could easily be told in five minutes. The acting was wooden & stilted, especially the "Dutch" guy and the British tour guide, although the Dutch dude was real great at screaming. I skipped to the end just to see what the heck it was all about. Was I impressed with the "surprise" twist? Not even remotely. It was predictable and smug. Find something better to watch. The Unthinkable is a similar subject with a much deeper and richer story line, as well as awesome acting. OR better still, find a fun movie instead. I'm sick to death of pointless boring "torture porn" masquerading as "psychological thriller" movies. I actually don't mind a bit of torture and mayhem in horror movies, I just want them to have more to them than just endless torture and it helps if they don't pretend to be something more "deep and meaningful" than they actually are.

Armand A good story about our time. Good interpretation and the shadows of an interesting thriller. Source of lot of questions about values and social realities. A bitter end and a statue as signature.Some pieces makes this movie more that slide of fiction. A lot of ideals, a dangerous game, dark atmosphere and the truth like mirror of possibilities. A Dutch as new Don Quixote. A strange scientist. And the words - pats of a fight in which winner is outdoor. A story and a form of protest. Psichologicall thriller and political movie. A dark vision about present. And the abdication. A bitter movie. With an angelic Ryan Phillip and some drops of news. They, the door is open. And the fiction is only a far convention.

matrix01fan so i really want to see this movie, but everywhere i search, i am disappointed. i did see it on an euro ebay site, but no luck in the u.s. i noticed "paris_whitney_hilton_nyc" mentioned seeing it on cable? can anyone help??I am the biggest fan of Laurence Fishburne, plus, i love these types of movies. action is always entertaining and energizing. thrillers that are not on the horror type side are brilliant, if they don't have a ending that i feel my intelligence insulted by, and psychological is ideal.so if anyone could aid me in my, we'll call it, a quest, to see and ideally purchase this bitchen movie in the united states of America i would be eternally grateful??!!!