Not even a young Malkovich could save this one....

Rating: Null/10 (12 November 2007)

Two problems I have with this movie. Number one, it was very hard to follow. One of the main characters does not speak very good English and I had the TV cranked because he spoke so softly. I sort of had to just make my best guess as to what was going on for the first hour or so. Number two, and more importantly, this movie had no business being two and a half hours long! It simply could have been cut by at least an hour. There was no action to keep you interested, and in my opinion the only thing that kept me interested was the fact that it's a true story. I liken this movie to Hotel Rwanda which I really liked, but at least it was clear what was going on in that film and there was plenty of action to keep me interested.
Not sure how this won so many awards. Maybe I'm missing something because the film is over 20 years old by now. Simply put, I found this movie completely average. No better way to explain it than that.