One of the better movies this year.

Rating: 8/10 (19 October 2015)

This film is all about Agu. Initially, a very innocent boy. He loses all of his family from death and evacuation due to a civil war in his home country. He escapes and a group of rebels find him and the leader, Commandant (played by Idris Elba), recruits him. This film definitely does a great job of portraying the horrors of these on-going civil wars in Africa. The director does a great job of drawing you into a feeling of concern for this young boy because of his innocence. By the end of the movie he has killed men, leaving him very changed. I thought the ending could have been better. The route they took needed a better way to close out the story. However, the acting was great. The great acting actually carried much of the movie. I'm curious to see where the boy who played Agu goes with his new career. Overall, I recommend this film. It fills the genre nicely and won't leave you regretting watching it.