The East (2013)
Directed by Zal
Batmanglij this film stars Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgard and
Ellen Page. An undercover agent for a private intelligence firm seeks
to infiltrate a group of anarchists.
The opening half of
this film is a nicely taught thriller that poses some interesting
questions about corporate responsibility and modern anarchist groups
but it never really goes anywhere. Our group of anarchists are
essentially just rich kids playing at revolutionary with questionable
morals but while this issue is raised it is never taken to a
conclusion. I think the ending was the part of the film that worked
least as it was too large of an change for the protagonist that was
never foreshadowed.
2/5
No comments:
Post a Comment