human tragedy personified

Rating: 10/10 (23 May 2005)

War is hell, it has been said, and this hell was just one example of our continuing inhumanity upon each other. This movie is so powerful, it reached down past the pit of my stomach in what it showed. Don Cheadle and the rest of the cast were tremendous. The scene on the foggy, bumpy road when the van was forced to stop, and the resulting scene that unfolded before Paul's disbelieving eyes was one of the most gut-wrenching horrors ever, likened to the carnage at Auschwitz. And just as real, as history has shown. This is a tale that the whole world should have seen while it was happening. And those who heard of it, and could have done something to stop it, but did nothing, are responsible for all the carnage. Unfortunately, we still live with similar slaughters every day all over the world. Kudos that at least some people continue to tell the stories and fight the fights. Let us not forget -- those who cannot remember history will be doomed to repeat it.