empowering

Rating: 7/10 (13 December 2011)

"The Battle of Algiers" isn't your typical war movie as it has a documentary feel that allows you to really get a sense that your fighting next to French Paratrooper or an Algerian rebel. This movie isn't as action packed as most war films but the scenes that do have action look as if it was actually happening on screen and wasn't staged, which allows the viewer to really immense themselves in the story arc and truly get a feel for the impact of war on both the French and Algerian citizens . From Col. Mathieu's interview with the press to Ali's encounter with the police officer when attempting an assassination everything seems so real and by the end of the movie both sides are pulling at you for your support. This was a great movie and I suggest that everyone should watch this film as it is both entertaining and historically important.