One of the most important films ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2004)

One of the great things about this film is that both sides of the coins are show. The French torture prisoners and repress the people. The Algerians are show blowing the crap out tons of innocent people(well if you think colonialist invaders are innocent) so the point of views expressed are anything but one sided.
The realism with which this film is staged is unreal. Riots look real. The bombings has tons of non-stunt people being thrown around. The film is taunt with suspense. Just a pitch perfect political thriller I am hard pressed to think of a better one.
Spoilers*****
The fact that the pentagons have watched this movie shows that they really did understand a few of the points being made. You can not cut the head off of a tapeworm fighting for liberation. They may have killed the resistors but the resistance.