Release Date: 28th June 2013
Age Certificate: 18
Running Time: 159 mins
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Writers: ----------------
Stars: Haji Anif, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara
Last night I went to watch The Act of Killing (Director’s
Cut) at the ICA Cinema. I sat down in the room that only sat 45 people and let
the weird, disturbing documentary unfold. This film isn’t for everyone and I
don’t think it was for me unfortunately.
A documentary that challenges former Indonesian death squad
leaders to re-enact their real-life mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres
they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical
numbers.
The Act of Killing surprisingly revolves around killing and
the consequences of killing. There’s not really anything else I can say about
this film, it’s just troubling. There is something about it where you don’t
know whether you should burst out laughing or be worried about how weird these
killers are.
The big downside to this film is that you don’t care whether
these ‘gangsters’ are psychopathic or actually feel sorry for what they have
done. Either way you look at it they have killed about 1000 people each. EACH!
It’s just sick. And to add to it they are making a film about murdering. They
can’t let go, their life is killing.
Like I said I saw the director’s cut and things needed to be
cut out and I’m glad they were for the theatrical release, there were shots in there
that had no meaning and seemed to drag on for way too long. Another thing which
is annoying me is the reviews this film is getting, look, don’t get me wrong I don’t
mind sitting down watching a nearly three hour very slow foreign film, it’s
just it didn’t make me feel anything like a documentary should.
7.3/10
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