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The East

De Oost

2020

Jim Taihuttu

Martijn Lakemeier, Chico Kenzari, Jonas Smulders, Abel van Gijlswijk ...

5.8

305

Drama. Thriller. War A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands' colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander's elite squad.

	Media	Author	Review
		Beatrice Loayza The New York Times	"A bloated and thoroughly generic war movie (...) The details may be novel — even eye-opening for some — but this story of white guilt and brutality feels mighty old."
		Phuong Le The Guardian	"[It] is as short-sighted as the old-fashioned colonialists it is trying to criticise (...) A tiresome 'Heart of Darkness' pastiche (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"[It hits] most (if not all) of the 'doomed war' niche genre movie tropes without ever actually teetering into cliche. That’s an ever-tricky move that Taihuttu aces. (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Simon Abrams rogerebert.com	"[It is] essentially the same narrative that most post-'Apocalypse Now' filmmakers have recycled since the 1970s (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Eamon Tracy Irish Film Critic	"The pacing is fantastic, with fluid editing and temporary moments of beautiful reprieve before the bloodshed (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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