Firstly I'll say that this film is beautiful.
It's cinematography and acting are stunning.
The story is one that absolutely has to be told.
But they really really dropped the ball by making it only 90 minutes long. This film needed to be at least 3 hours long. Over half of this film was spent trying the viewer to feel as much pain as possible whilst Barrack 9 were being tortured. The escape it's self was literally them jumping under a fence. Their interactions with others were rushed and very unpolished, and ultimately the very message of the film became mostly an afterthought. It's bitterly disappointing that this film couldn't be more, show more, engage more, tell more and deliver more.
It's cinematography and acting are stunning.
The story is one that absolutely has to be told.
But they really really dropped the ball by making it only 90 minutes long. This film needed to be at least 3 hours long. Over half of this film was spent trying the viewer to feel as much pain as possible whilst Barrack 9 were being tortured. The escape it's self was literally them jumping under a fence. Their interactions with others were rushed and very unpolished, and ultimately the very message of the film became mostly an afterthought. It's bitterly disappointing that this film couldn't be more, show more, engage more, tell more and deliver more.