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Rating: Null/10 (31 January 2005)

This is a fine film, with an especially moving portrayal by Don Cheadle. He never lost his humility nor his humanity through all the horrific experiences any 10,000 people would hope not to see in their lifetimes.
Very moving scenes of love, hate, corruption, and abject unconcern with the suffering of others. All too human in all respects. All film tech aspects were expert, and the thousands of extras never looked staged. Just excellent all around and very moving.
Here comes the ....."but". Not a critique of the film but of the base cause of this problem around the world. There is now way too many people for the earth's land to carry, and little or no birth control in Africa to control the numbers that will be born and then uselessly die through warfare and/or famine and disease, as this film's subject will happen again over and over. What will get population under control outside of warfare and genocide? Will it be so crowded that we will eventually have to ask permission of the person next to us in order to be able to turn around??? And what if he says ...."no"! Before it even gets to this horrid state, great masses will be killed in warfare all over the world just like that depicted in this film. That is what will happen when our uncontrolled world population hits critical mass within the next 100 years, and you all know it will happen, just not exactly when, and most probably sooner than later. We see it coming, and do nothing about it. So tragic, and so stupid, as it is avoidable. When nothing to help is done, what happens in this film will happen, and not just in Africa.