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A Prayer Before Dawn (2017)
Realistic drama without a purpose
Great cinematography. Realistic prison drama. Fighting sequences OK.
Background story non-existent, IMO main character or story not interesting and you dont get to know the main protagonist at all, viewer is left to his own conclusions.
Lots of loose ends, no development between characters, despite years of incarceration in small quarters together, random shallow conversations.
Title of movie is meaningless in context of pictured events, simply a made up "catchy" title.
Story premise, "fighting for his freedom", is false.
Freedom from prison by fighting not a possibility in story, gets easy treatment and transfer/short sentence for being "farang"/western.
Freedom from drugs not shown in any way as a goal for the character.
Fighting for his life by being transferred to "softer" accommodations away from the gangs could be a purpose, but not sufficiently shown in movie and is attacked by gang anyway after transfer.
Dads appearance seems made up and only put in to give the real Billy Moore a cameo.
All in all great cinematography, shot in a style that gives you the feeling of being there, story is rubbish - waste of time.
GATTACA (1997)
Excellent!
What a great film! I hadn't heard of it before I randomly picked it from the videostore, so I watched it with no expectations whatsoever - and I must say I'm pleasantly surprised, it must be one of the most underrated films I've ever seen! I especially liked the contrasts between Vincent who gets a chance at living his dream through Jerome's body, and Jerome who finds a meaning in living, if only for a while, through Vincent's dream.
In addition it also makes you reflect upon the whole "gene-subject" and moral dilemmas we're facing more and more each day, opening with the line "the not-too-distant future".