Shaky premise & even-shakier camera work

Rating: 6/10 (28 March 2012)

I found the premise of the story to be really shaky. Who in their right mind would let a bunch of foppish boot-jacks keep them in a state of perpetual starvation while watching on in helpless silence as their children are dragged away into a kill-or-be-killed scenario -- for fun? For 75 years! With no objection from ANYONE, including the children? Hey kid, just smile and get on national TV, oops, sorry, you have TO KILL 22 OTHER CHILDREN?
Impossible. What this says about the author's view of the human spirit is very depressing, indeed. When the Nazis overran Europe, there was an Underground movement from Day One until liberation. Of COURSE people would rebel against such a regime.
As to the shaky camera-work, I have one word of advice for the director: please watch Inside Man directed by Spike Lee, and learn. That movie has terrific camera work that gets you right into the middle of the action without making you toss your cookies.