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William FriedkinDrehbuch:
Stephen GaghanMusik:
Mark IshamBesetzung:
Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Greenwood, Anne Archer, Blair Underwood, Philip Baker Hall, Dale Dye, Amidou (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Es ist eine Entscheidung, die im Bruchteil von Sekunden gefällt werden muss. Aber der mit allen Wassern gewaschene Col. Terry Childers sieht bei dem Auftrag, den amerikanischen Botschafter aus dem Jemen zu evakuieren keine anderen Ausweg, als Feuer eröffnen zu lassen: Terroristen haben sich unter Zivilisten gemischt und nehmen die amerikanische Truppe unter Beschuss. Childers handelt aus Notwehr. Die Folgen sind verheerend. 83 unschuldige Menschen sind tot, hunderte werden verletzt. Nun soll an dem verdienten Colonel ein Exempel statuiert werden, um die internationale Kritik verstummen zu lassen. Verzweifelt wendet sich Childers an seinen alten Freund Col. Hayes Hodges, dem er einst in Vietnam das Leben rettete. Der soll seine Ehre vor Gericht wieder herstellen, wo ihn Major Briggs ein eiskalter Ankläger erwartet. Hodges ist klar, dass sich die Wahrheit nur im Jemen selbst finden lässt. (Verleiher-Text)
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Many actors have a typical style for expressing sudden changes in emotional state. Harrison Ford shakes his chin, DiCaprio's eyes glaze over like an allergy sufferer under a blooming birch, Gere squints his eyes even more and twitches his facial muscles, McConaughey lets a vein pop out under his right eye. And then there’s Samuel L. Jackson, who rolls his eyes in rage to the size of golf balls, making you think that 83 dead Yemeni protesters aren't that many considering his appearance. There are two acting stalwarts who have no problem breaking each other's faces as the defendant and the defense attorney the day before the trial, or Pearce’s strict prosecutor, who would lock up even Sergeant Desmond Doss from Hacksaw Ridge for using too much bandaging material. However, I can imagine more creativity in a courtroom drama than just lighting its participants through window blinds. The naturalism I appreciate in William Friedkin's work is definitely present here.
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William Friedkin hasn’t forgotten how to make films, and this piece can be considered fairly good. The screenplay is quite solid and there isn't as much pathos and pro-Americanism as I expected, which is obviously good. The dialogues are very strong, especially when it comes to the courtroom, and the plot is fast-paced, dynamic, and tense. The action scenes are sometimes quite unrealistic and the war atmosphere is unconvincing (especially the opening action in Vietnam), but the main point of the film – the massacre in Yemen – is surprisingly skillfully shot, and I was particularly impressed by certain camera tricks, such as the view through the gun's sights.
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