I stumbled across this in progress on Sundance. I'd never heard of it, and I have to say I had a hard time deciding whether it was real or not, except for the unrealistic plot of giving people a choice to walk this death-course in lieu of prison, and the unlikely events at the end. I kept asking myself, "why don't these people just walk at night in the cool, and sleep in the afternoon under some rocks or cave ?" I missed the beginning, so I'm guessing they didn't have that choice. The acting was incredible though, especially of the tribunal and the dissidents being interviewed. I can see how this would've been quite explosive in 1971 at such a fragile time in U.S. history after Kent State; I can understand why it was banned at the time. This movie would've given birth to even more riots and deaths, especially back then with the lack of electronic media vs. today, and the public not having been exposed to many fake documentaries. Wow, this movie was intriguing - the most life-like fake documentary I've ever seen !
Review of Punishment Park
