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Shake hands with the devil

         Shake hands with the devil is a film based on a real event, the Rwandan genocide that happened in 1994 when the Hutus rebel army started to stack up on weapons and machetes earlier in February that year. Hutus were the extremest who were not satisfied with Tutsis controlling the country. was a Rwandan political figure. She served as Prime Minister of Rwanda from 18 July 1993 until her assassination on 7 April 1994, during the opening stages of the Rwandan genocide. She was Rwanda's first and so far only female prime minister. However, after the election of a Tutsi prime minister,  Hutus had vanished to the north side of the country by the Tutsi government. After the Tutsi prime minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana's assassination, the Hutus rebel army started to move into Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Belgian and US troops were already in Rwanda for the US and Belgian citizens. General Romeo Dallaire shows the rest of the story of the genocide from his point of view. Romeo Dallaire arrives at Kigali with one of his forces, which had 2500 of his peacekeepers, to keep the peace between Tutsis and Hutus.

This movie has been filmed in a perfect location and the director of the film (John-Roger Spottiswoode), found the ideal actors for the main characters based on the real people. These included (Romeo Dallaire) portrayed by (Roy Dupuis). The supporting characters include (Major Brent) represented by (James Gallander) as well as (Ghanaian general) characterized by (Owen Sejake). The actors were successful in delivering the spirit and the mood of the plot.

The director also uses a few useful narrative elements to display the theme and the atmosphere of this movie. He uses the Acting method mainly on the main character Dallaire, to show the characteristics of the United Nations and the situation they are in at the camps. The director also uses The movement element to show the genocide and all of the graphic scene's that the audience sees. This method shows the importance and the primary purpose of this film. Especially the scene that shows all the Hutus with machetes.

The audience age level of this movie is between mid 20 to 60-year olds. This film cannot be a film for teenagers or adults between 18 to 29 because of all the graphic scenes, and they wouldn't say this movie is one of my favourite movies that I watched. Still, the main reason is that the story cannot be enjoyable to watch for younger age groups. I enjoyed it and understood every aspect of this film and the setting of what is going on. The movie teaches audiences valuable lessons about Rwandese culture. One can learn the meaning of family values, bribes, tribalism and tribal acceptance. However, I enjoyed this movie a lot more than the other genocide films that I have watched in my life, but I was confused about the story because of a bad introduction in this movie. I also find it boring since it was a repetitive topic for me. Rate: 3/5.

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Hotel Rwanda

            Hotel Rwanda is a Genocide type movie that shows all the conflicts, problems and the genocide of the country of Rwanda. It is a chaotic setting that gives the mood and the theme in this film. The main character, and the hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina(Don Cheadle), faces many conflicts and tries to gather up food and a place for the Hutus and Tutsis citizens who cannot protect themselves in his hotel. Paul uses his connections to get favours from people in authority. In exchange, people expect support from Paul in the future. This is a necessary social aspect of the culture. Paul's family is his priority, but there are a significant amount of people at the hotel to get themselves to the convoy and the help of the UN. However, this movie shows a lot about the problems and the pain the Tutsis have to go through during this period. After Paul becomes the manager of the Hotel Mille Collines, Belgian troops arrive at the hotel.

Furthermore, the audience realizes that the troops are not there for Rwandan. They come to evacuate the Belgian citizens who have Belgian passports. The audience can notice the fear in unarmed Tutsis' faces. The Hutu announcer on the radio calls Tutsis cockroaches and prompts the Hutus with machetes to kill unarmed Tutsis. The director of this movie (Teddy Goerge), uses a few useful narrative elements to display the theme and the atmosphere of this movie. He uses the Acting method mainly on the main character Paul to show the characteristics of Rusesabagina's family and the situation they are in at the hotel. The director also uses The movement element to show the genocide and all of the graphic scene's that the audience sees. This method shows the importance and the primary purpose of this film. Especially the scene that shows all the Hutus with machetes.

The audience age level of this movie is between 30 to 60-year olds. This film cannot be a film for teenagers or adults between 18 to 29 because of all the graphic scenes, and they wouldn't say this movie is one of my favourite movies that I watched. Still, the main reason is that the story cannot be enjoyable to watch for younger age groups. I enjoyed it and understood every aspect of this film and the setting of what is going on. The movie teaches audiences valuable lessons about Rwandese culture. One can learn the meaning of family values, bribes, tribalism and tribal acceptance. Furthermore, the movie demonstrates the significance of humanitarian values. What I do not like about this movie is how it has a Hollywood ending to it because it does not match the setting. This film has a sad and dramatic theme to it, so it makes the happy ending pointless. I would give this movie a 4 out of 5. The entire movie is excellent. It is just the end that I got confused because of where it left off the audience. I had to guess what happened. Rate: 4/5.

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Minority report

         Minority Report is a future based movie about a system that tries to avoid crime and bring down the criminal record to almost zero percent. The way this system works is precrime cops arrest the people who attempted crime and are going to commit a crime in the future and imprisoned them. However, John Anderton(Tom Cruise), the main character of this film, meets a lot of challenges to prove that the precrime system should not hold future criminals under arrest because they are still under arrest, and they did not commit any crime. Another plot of this film is the hater of precrime and a retired army general, Leopold Kaplan wanted to destroy the system, and John Anderton has to stop him. Kaplan also committed a crime and murdered Agatha's mother. Also, the system had a little bit of confusion due to the majority of reports and minority reports. Majority reports are the main reports precogs see for the first time and alerts the precrime cops. But, the minority reports are the report that only one of the precogs examines after the majority, and they almost look the same, so the workers think the future picture overlaps. Furthermore, John figures it out and tries to confront Kaplan.

        The story is enthralling because of all the futuristic gadgets the society uses. One of the exciting features I saw in this movie is the commercials in shopping malls and streets. Also, the eye-scan entry in public transportation is another thing that shows the time of this movie and explains the environment well. In this movie, The director used a few film narrative elements to express the feeling and emotions of this dystopian movie. They mainly used colour. Colours have used to represent the feeling of the place and the scenes. It is very noticeable. Another critical element is movement. There are a lot of fighting scenes between precrime cops and criminals throughout the film. It shows a conflict between person versus person. And in my opinion, this element attracts a lot of action-movie fans by itself. However, the first essential element is the use of costumes. Precrime cops wear a special futuristic outfit when they are on duty. It shows the future based looks of the police to express the extraordinary power that they have. However, it is an ordinary power.

         I wouldn't say I like this movie because of all the plot and the conflict that has been happening all at once, and Tom Cruise(The main character) did not do an excellent job in this film. The climax of the plot was too confusing for me to understand and I did not get the main message from the movie. It was not my type at all. The dystopian film is one of my favourite kinds of films, But this film did not even satisfy me in any way. This movie is for people between 18 to 30 years old. If you are watching a movie as a hobby or killing time, I would not recommend this movie because it just adds to your confusion. Rate: 1/5.

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Children Of Men

            "Children Of Men" is a future based movie about a social crisis. The main character Theo is a news reporter from His Theo (Clive Owen) is not an academic but a mid-level bureaucrat, and his connection to a government minister is less close and less lofty. When the radicals approach him, it is in part because one of them is his ex-wife, Julian, and all they ask from him is that he obtain papers that will enable a young African refugee named Kee to travel from London to the coast. He does, but the documents require him to go with her, and it soon converts clear that she is pregnant. The first woman so blessed in two decades.

What I love about this movie is its theme. It expresses the feeling and emotion of the scene through the use of real colour as one of the narrative elements in the filmmaking industry. For example, some parts of the town where the refugees live, it has a dark-themed colour to it that shows that they are in poverty, and the shape they are living in. Furthermore, I saw Theo trying his best to save Kee in any possible way. However, one of the most touching scenes I saw in this film is the part that Kee and Theo are in the middle of the fight between the fishes and the British special force. Because both sides stop shooting and ceasefire their weapon because they are all here the baby crying and everybody is in shock of such a miracle. That shows how much everyone cared about this event, and it feels like a revolution to everyone because the youngest person on the planet was eighteen, who passed away before the climax of the plot in this film.  in this future world that intrigues. Then, when the action starts, what I found surprising was the freshness of direction that made me react to ammunition and violence as if I'd never seen them in a movie before. If the script weren't so wonderfully leavened with wit, it would be a grim and scary movie at times.

At the end of the movie, we see a part where Theo finds the boat to pass the water border between refugee land and British citizen land to save Kee and her child. If I have to rate this movie from 1 to 5. it would be a 5. I could not find any problem with the plot nor the setting of the movie. The story was entertaining, and I enjoyed it. Rate: 5/5.

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V for Vendetta

        "V for Vendetta" is a movie based on a comic book that explains a story about a terrorist who saves Great Britain from the fascist government. This movie is a future base movie based on a non-real tale about a man who wears a Guy Fawkes mask and tries to save English people from their government. What I do not like about this movie is how the actor pursues people quickly to follow his lead. I understand that he wants what is suitable for the people, but the level of knowledge in the government is deficient since it is a fascist government. 

          During the scenes with Chancellor Sutler on the screen, his face is zoomed in, which gives the allusion of him being larger than life, rather than a human being. The closeups were done to provide an effect of fear towards the people of London, and also to the viewers of this movie. This is effective because his features are so zoomed in, the viewer becomes afraid of him, thus effectively portraying Sutler as the villain of the film. V goes to the company to announce to all the people on television. If you pay close attention to the movie you will see that Eve saves V from a cop that was stopping him, and he takes Evey with him to where he lived. Evey wanted to leave, but V could not let her because she could tell people where he was, so she had to be there for a year until V accomplished his plan, on the next November 5th, of destroying the parliament. Evey told him a little about her and how his little brother died being a victim of the Saint Mary's school virus. V kept working on his plan, killing all the people that were involved in the tragedy of the lab. Whenever V kills anyone who caused the disaster, He leaves a red rose as a symbol of love but at the same time, a symbol of revenge to show the characteristics in him. The most important element of narrative that has been used in making this movie is the character's movements. There are a lot of fighting scenes between V and the government's special forces throughout the film. It shows a conflict between person versus person. And in my opinion, this element attracts a lot of action-movie fans by itself. Another touchy scene that I felt while I was watching this movie is how the director used the weather to express the mood and tone of the stage. After Eve being tortured by V, she realized that her resistance is for no reason because V makes Eve think that the government captures her. She walks to the balcony, and the rain shows a symbol of being reborn. V also has a similar thing before the movie. It shows how Eve feels like she is a new person. Especially during the thunder because Eve raises her hands to the sky while she is crying, and the lightning occurs, and it shows the reader about something terrific that has happened. It also matches Eve's feeling well.

         If I have to rate this movie from 1 to 10, it would be a nine because I don't see anything that is not interesting in this film except for the ending of it. The film's ending started later than it should have been and, It concludes everything quickly in 10 minutes, which is too early for a 2-hour movie. However, I do love the plot and the setting of this film. Rate: 4.5/5.