What an eye opener

Rating: 10/10 (3 December 2006)

I watched this film only recently, and what an eye opener, as a westerner i only heard about the genocide through the the news but since reading certain reviews and commentaries, it bought a tear to my eyes. The parts played by all were heart felt and even though i cannot begin to understand what it was like. I give this film a 10 out of 10 i know this world is full of hatred and barbarians but................. never have i been moved by a scene such as the misty road scene. The struggles and trials and tribulations of Don Cheadle playing Paul a man "playing both sides" and his "cockroach" family and staff make me wonder exactly what the character and indeed the actor went through to achieve the tension the success and the horror to what the people of Rwanda must and did go through. The scenes were beautifully shot and even the "chopping" were to add a sense of reality to the situation for want of a better word. It can be compared to "Schindlers List" and even "Saving Private Ryan" for the "Reality" of the world today that it brings. The atrocities of the police chief and the warehouse people taking "Paul" as a dedicated Hutu but not quite understanding him as a man with morals and beliefs was easy to see but then again hard to understand. What makes this world react like this apart from religion, beliefs and politics.