Warriors

Contributed By Darko

Plot:
The film follows several British soldiers before, while and after they were in Bosnia during the early Bosnian War 1992. It shows the horrific war crimes done by Bosnian Serbs, but way more disturbing is the failure of the first UN "force" sent there, the UNPROFOR. It was the soldiers job to take the most seriously wounded people from the battliefields, for example. What they should not be part of, however, were ethnic affairs. This leads to some terrific situations you will never forget. They just could not do anything. The only thing they had to fight were their thoughts and feelings, so the title is quite ironic.

Ingredients: (out of 10)
The movie is disturbingly realistic, the scenes nothing for youngsters. The cast is well selected and shows every (very strong) feeling as you would expect it. You will never say "no war!" as loud again.

Effects: - not rated -
Music: 7
Atmosphere: 9
Philosophy: 9
Characters/Dialogs: 10
Deepness: 10
Credibility: 10

Overall- 8.5

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Equilibrium
Contributed by Darko (Germany)


Plot:
After a third hot world war mankind learns that all this pain is created by feelings. In order to prevent themselves from a fourth, they ban emotions from their lifes employing a substance called Prozium and a government enforcing the ban. John Preston (Christian Bale) is one of the finest law enforcers, he is a grammaton cleric whose faith it is to destroy the underground of people who resist the law. However, he is in no way far from feelings...

Ingredients: (out of 10)
This movie is not well known, but that doesn't do it justice. Saying it is a simple sci-fi actionthriller doesn't do it justice either. I had to watch this film two times to understand all connections because even in the beginning there are some feelings in the air and story connections to later sections. The characters are deep from the beginning, the dialogs are nicely made pieces of art. The action, however, is the cool thing you will notice first. It really can't be explained, you just have to see the fighting scenes for yourself. The story is well made, full of stunning points and the atmosphere is almost breathtaking. Definitely breathtaking is the lovely music. Want to read something stunning? The movie's production costs were "just" 20 million dollars. And you never notice it.

Effects: 10
Music: 8
Atmosphere: 9
Philosophy: 7
Characters/Dialogs: 7
Deepness: 8
Credibility: 5

Overall- 7.5

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