'COLONIA': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
A historical thriller flick; about a notorious cult (in the south of Chile) known as "Colonia Dignidad". This film tells the story of a young German woman, in 1973, that joined the ruthless sect, in order to try and rescue her abducted boyfriend. The movie stars Emma Watson, Daniel Bruhl and Michael Nyqvist. It was directed by acclaimed German filmmaker Florian Gallenberger; and it was written by Gallenberger and first time screenwriter Torsten Wenzel. Despite all of the talent involved, the movie received mostly negative reviews from critics; and it's performed very poorly at the Box Office as well. I still really enjoyed it.
The story revolves around a young German couple, named Lena (Watson) and Daniel (Bruhl). When Daniel is caught taking pictures of the Chilean military coup, he's kidnapped by the secret police (known as DINA); and sent to "Colonia Dignidad". There he's imprisoned, and severely tortured. Lena willingly joins the organization, which claims to be a charitable mission, in order to find her boyfriend and rescue him. She soon finds out that the sect is ran by a very sadistic preacher, named Paul Schafer (Nyqvist), who has never allowed anyone to leave his colony (alive).
The movie is effectively creepy, and quite disturbing. The actors aren't given a lot of moments to shine though, and their roles aren't really that well developed. Still the movie is very thrilling, and quite involving. I couldn't wait to see what would happen next. It's definitely not a great film (by any means), but it's not a bad one either. I'd say it's definitely worth a watch.
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A historical thriller flick; about a notorious cult (in the south of Chile) known as "Colonia Dignidad". This film tells the story of a young German woman, in 1973, that joined the ruthless sect, in order to try and rescue her abducted boyfriend. The movie stars Emma Watson, Daniel Bruhl and Michael Nyqvist. It was directed by acclaimed German filmmaker Florian Gallenberger; and it was written by Gallenberger and first time screenwriter Torsten Wenzel. Despite all of the talent involved, the movie received mostly negative reviews from critics; and it's performed very poorly at the Box Office as well. I still really enjoyed it.
The story revolves around a young German couple, named Lena (Watson) and Daniel (Bruhl). When Daniel is caught taking pictures of the Chilean military coup, he's kidnapped by the secret police (known as DINA); and sent to "Colonia Dignidad". There he's imprisoned, and severely tortured. Lena willingly joins the organization, which claims to be a charitable mission, in order to find her boyfriend and rescue him. She soon finds out that the sect is ran by a very sadistic preacher, named Paul Schafer (Nyqvist), who has never allowed anyone to leave his colony (alive).
The movie is effectively creepy, and quite disturbing. The actors aren't given a lot of moments to shine though, and their roles aren't really that well developed. Still the movie is very thrilling, and quite involving. I couldn't wait to see what would happen next. It's definitely not a great film (by any means), but it's not a bad one either. I'd say it's definitely worth a watch.
Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: https://youtu.be/bmrjYaOGPmk