Disappointing (and way-too-long) anti-war satire that attempts to be overly clever and, as a result, becomes pretty boring after about 10 minutes (film lasts 179 minutes). Goes back and forth between characters as audience members (watching a movie within a movie) and those same characters on screen (being in a movie within a movie) and tosses in time travel and pseudo-history for confusing good measure. Highly repetitive; stopped watching after about 60 minutes - up to then, was hoping it would get better (it doesn't). Although the movie fails to engage the viewer for long, at least the music is great (sounds like a full orchestra). Viewed at JICC J-Film event. WILLIAM FLANIGAN
Review of Labyrinth of Cinema
