harrowing grind

Rating: 5/10 (1 November 2016)

It's 1992 Bosnia-Herzegovina. Muslim Ajla goes out to a mixed party which gets bombed. Four months later, Serb forces have arrived. The men are executed. Ajla and some of the girls are bused to a Serb camp to service the soldiers. She finds former suitor Danijel who is now commanding the Serb camp. He tries to protect her as they begin a dangerous secret relationship.
The subject matter is harrowing and Angelina Jolie deserves some credit for tackling it. However, one gets a sense that she has taken on too much as writer/producer/director. It lingers on the disturbing like a horror movie. It definitely doesn't fling and it's a grind to watch. This is a long bloated slough which is tough to sit through.