Pretty powerful

Rating: Null/10 (12 June 2014)

Powerful, is pretty much the only word one can use to describe this film upon seeing it. It has an exhilarating pace, some fantastic editing and cinematography, although this same pace sometimes threatens to overwhelm. The performances here are outstanding, but more importantly, fully- realized and they really make an impact. The directing here is pretty amazing, such a great handle at such a controlled artistic vision, very much influenced films like Slumdog Mllionaire in its style. I do wonder just how much of it actually happened, but as a film it's marvelous and totally effective. There's a certain scene that's extremely hard to watch though, so beware.