Crew

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Also known as:

Unknown

Rating:

40%

Format:

DVD

Year:

2008

Predominant Genre:

Crime

Plot:

Spying on the enemies of Socialism brings out paranoia and the bitter realisation that such politically-correct vindictiveness creates a lack of personal fulfilment.

Theme(s):

1. Unknown
2. Self-expression

Similar To:

1. 1984
2. Mephisto

Best Performance(s):

1. Ulrich TUKUR
2. Thomas THIEME

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Repetitive, inept and structurally unsound, this relentlessly hysterical film starts as it means to go on. As usual with tyro film directors, the accent is on form over content as the craft of filmmaking is learned with the audience as guinea pig.

No themes are explored in a plot cobbled together from old bottle tops you have seen before: It is all very Guy Ritchie but without his rich humor. A formalistic work whose perfunctory stabs at characterization allow very good, fresh actors to show what they can do but whom really need better material than this. Striving for significance, it fails, and violence, swearing and inappropriately strident music does not save the day.

A film where the parts are far greater than the whole - that could have done with having more deleted scenes. Hopefully, this director will day make better work.

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