Thursday, May 31, 2018

Last push in the trenches

A reasonably good war movie, but not such a fucking masterpiece that is hyped pretty much everywhere. Based on Väinö Linna's novel The Unknown Soldier (1954) and it's already preceded by two adaptations before. Visually alright, but needlessly jittery and yo-yoing story-telling and below average acting performances, except for Eero Aho, who did damn well.

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Apparitions in the dust

When a Korean diplomat is kidnapped and hidden in Lebanon for over a year, Korean authorities decide to send another diplomat to the war-tor...