I enjoyed this movie a lot. There was a lot of action, intruige, and political back-and-forth. Sometimes the plot was difficult to understand, but I began to make more and more sense of it as the film went on. It made me very curious to read the backstory of what caused all these events, which I'll get into once I do the other blog entry for this movie.
Sometimes the movie could be very sad; the RAF was fighting an enemy they could never hope to defeat, or even bargain with. Governments are so powerful that there is little to no chance a band of rebels (at best, terrorists, at worst) ever forcing a legitament government to give in to their demands. The film became even sadder as the terrorists resolved to more and more violent means of bargaining, such as killing innocent civilians. It was an absolutely pointless loss of life.
In one portion of the movie, a rebellious daughter takes the terrorists into her fathers home because they want to kidnap him. Things get messy, and the father ends up being shot. This destroys the daughter's mental stability completely, and tries to jump out of a fast moving car (most likely an attempt at suicide) because she has instantly gone mad. The terrorists stop her from killing herself, but seem more annoyed than anything by her. It is a very disturbing scene.
But it could be said that the entire movie is disturing. It shows what humans are capable of when they have no hope, and yet, are no longer afraid of anything. Of course, living in fear is not good, but to completely lose hope in the people around you - including the government - can lead to violence and tragedy.
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