The Plot: Uli Edel directs this Boring Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee charting the birth of West Germany’s Red Army Faction, a radical whiney bunch of left-wing terrorists formed in the late 1960s amid a 
climate of revolution and a fallen generation. Staging a series of bombings, kidnappings and assassinations, the RAF waged a war against fascism with a direct assault against the powers of American imperialism and the fledgling German democracy.
The music was very high paced, even with some slower plodding scenes; this gave a sense of urgency in the parts of the film that 
needed it. In a strange way it almost reminded me of the recurring theme music from “The Untouchables” movie.
The cinematography was well done in my opinion. The angles were mostly your standard, decent quality film, but what I really loved was the picture quality. It gave me flashbacks of all those classic 60’s flicks with its slightly faded look. This was one of the better qualities of the movie. 
The acting was good for the most part. Most of the film language was in German with English subtitles, so it was a little difficult to really pin point the quality of the acting. With this type of film you have to rely on the body language, and from what I saw it was very convincing.
The effects were few and far between in this movie, unless you count topless scenes as an effect. In that case this is your type of movie since most of the girls in it are naked for about 1/4 of the film. A few bombings and 
assassinations show some action, but nothing to write home about.
Overall this movie tended to drag on, and on for me. You’ll want to do some research on the Red Army Faction if your even thinking about watching this. The director pulls no punches in getting right into it the storyline without much leading up, but then stalls a few times making me wish that the government would just over throw these rebels already and 
end this film. You also might not even want to watch it since its political message is very strong and tends to lean hard to the left. I found myself not really caring for the main characters due to not agreeing with there methods, and in turn, it made the movie longer. If you are attracted to political revolutionary causes then maybe you’ll dig this more then I did. Otherwise you might want to skip this snoozer.
2 Out of 5 Crom’s
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