How many 'cautionary tales' have the Islamists made for their flock? I can't think of any. Actually, they call for the opposite.
By the way, I haven't seen the film. Yet.
What I'm getting is it's a revisit to the maxim, "We sleep safely in our beds at night due to the efforts and bravery of strong men, doing what most cannot." Or words to that affect.
By the way, a good vigilante movie you might want to watch is The Oxbow Incident. It's subtle.
The West cannot, most of us, stomach what has to be done to animals to turn them into the meat we enjoy. Our meat does not come from animals, we tell ourselves unconsciously. It comes from Safeway, wrapped in clear plastic. In the Middle East, people, from a young age, are tutored in the process of rendering animals into sustenance. And they don't like animals, like we don't like coal or water. These things are simply there for us to use. They don't like dogs and cats. They see them as unclean, rightly or wrongly. And I don't believe that the Islamists teach or adhere to the 'Golden Rule,' do unto others as you would want them to do unto you.
My point. Put these two group in the same place, both equal in numbers and weaponry, and think about which group will triumph. And the group that triumphs, what will they do to the vanquished? Will they allow them to flee? Will they enslave them? Or will they kill them all, man, woman, child, and animal? (And I'm talking about these two groups in the modern age; not 3,000 years ago in the deserts of Arabia.
I think this movie is appearing now because fantasies of vigilantism are bubbling up all over the world in 'diverse' societies, not so much in one-race societies--Korea, Japan, and China.
There's always a suspicion of 'the other.' But, in America, for decades, this was softened by the whole assimilation process, a process that no longer seems a requirement for citizenship.
Why are so many Westerners fantasizing about vigilantism? Maybe because down in their subconscious, they believe or suspect that the people who are supposed to be protecting us are instead, planning our extinction.
Every put-upon, abused, despised (not for his actions but for his 'kind') man has a tipping point.
At present, he, we, are fantasizing about what might be necessary for survival. At some point we will no longer be content with fantasies. Or will we?
Except Boll loves his jew masters. The film is being shilled HARD. All at once. "Kill the muzzies we brought in to kill you, Whitey! They've turned on us! We jews will SAVE you!"
I watched it and enjoyed, it, but the Hebrew tattoo while visiting the prostitute was the worst part of the film - as if the director wanted you to know that Armie Hammer is not pro-white as such. HIs great-great-grandfather, Armand Hammer, was the very Jewish capitalist who funded Lenin in 1917. The best scene was dealing with the 7 rapists at the end. Worth noting - and very realistic - is how the ethnic family supported a rapist family member. They do actually believe the 14yo deserved to be raped. And this is backed up by similar reactions to Pakistani rape gangs among the Pakistani community in the UK. Their sisters and mothers don't care at all. The film reminded me that Professor David Betz in the UK has forecast possible civil war in the UK, with the most likely development being the assassination of high court judges - the exact thing shown here.
Maybe he put it in Europa-land because that is how USA media and many USAmericans talk about anything happening on this continent? Or because that's the goal of the EU - one continent, one race, one language, one currency, and so on - all created by bureaucratic fiat from the all-knowing cadres of the EU-administration?
Or whatever - it's Uwe Boll, the man who was said to make movies only as a way to get tax write-offs.
Still seems better than War of the Worlds, the "Ice Tea saves the world"-version.
Speaking of vigilante/"revengeance"-movies, personally I'd rank High Plains Drifter above Taxi Driver, although the argument could be made they are too different to be compared even if they overlap genre-wise.
Great analysis. I found the film enjoyable and puzzling. Sanders is an enigma but I think (from several clues which must be intentional) he's a Kafkaesque figure, not so much allegorical as haloed by symbols, given a mythic depth which never quite resolves into straightforward allegory, but gives you an unsettling sense that something else is going on, in this case it is very Kafkaesque, Biblical. Probably wouldn't have worked with a lesser actor, luckily Hammer is allegedly a cannibal rapist or did something to piss off Hollywood, so Boll got a first-rate 6 foot 5 inches presence; who knows, the cannibal rapist aura might even help here, that sense of brooding violence beyond ordinary limits.
Would love a sequel where the media are more realistic and Sanders expands his remit from migrants to journalists. That would be HIGHLY satisfying.
would have liked you to explore in greater depth the strange contradiction of living during the height of "Capeshit" popularity and commodification, yet somehow the classic vigilante plotlines inherent in ALL superhero stories never connecting back to the reality of Soros-funded DA's letting criminals go free, corrupt politicians enabling multi-billion dollar fraud schemes, etc.
Then we have CV, who, especially when slaughtering Cops, reminded me distinctly of old school Frank Castle Punisher...not sure what mean
“So what this film advocates is kosher, race-blind, civic globalism.”
That take was worth reading the article for.
Watch his earlier films. They are in many ways leftist. In my view he just channels populist anger. I find it incomprehensible that he wasn’t banned and unpersoned long ago.
Shame the film was artistically bereft. Hoping that a talented film maker might do better with the more than ample subject matter.
I thought the guy on the left was you at first
How many 'cautionary tales' have the Islamists made for their flock? I can't think of any. Actually, they call for the opposite.
By the way, I haven't seen the film. Yet.
What I'm getting is it's a revisit to the maxim, "We sleep safely in our beds at night due to the efforts and bravery of strong men, doing what most cannot." Or words to that affect.
By the way, a good vigilante movie you might want to watch is The Oxbow Incident. It's subtle.
The West cannot, most of us, stomach what has to be done to animals to turn them into the meat we enjoy. Our meat does not come from animals, we tell ourselves unconsciously. It comes from Safeway, wrapped in clear plastic. In the Middle East, people, from a young age, are tutored in the process of rendering animals into sustenance. And they don't like animals, like we don't like coal or water. These things are simply there for us to use. They don't like dogs and cats. They see them as unclean, rightly or wrongly. And I don't believe that the Islamists teach or adhere to the 'Golden Rule,' do unto others as you would want them to do unto you.
My point. Put these two group in the same place, both equal in numbers and weaponry, and think about which group will triumph. And the group that triumphs, what will they do to the vanquished? Will they allow them to flee? Will they enslave them? Or will they kill them all, man, woman, child, and animal? (And I'm talking about these two groups in the modern age; not 3,000 years ago in the deserts of Arabia.
I think this movie is appearing now because fantasies of vigilantism are bubbling up all over the world in 'diverse' societies, not so much in one-race societies--Korea, Japan, and China.
There's always a suspicion of 'the other.' But, in America, for decades, this was softened by the whole assimilation process, a process that no longer seems a requirement for citizenship.
Why are so many Westerners fantasizing about vigilantism? Maybe because down in their subconscious, they believe or suspect that the people who are supposed to be protecting us are instead, planning our extinction.
Every put-upon, abused, despised (not for his actions but for his 'kind') man has a tipping point.
At present, he, we, are fantasizing about what might be necessary for survival. At some point we will no longer be content with fantasies. Or will we?
Except Boll loves his jew masters. The film is being shilled HARD. All at once. "Kill the muzzies we brought in to kill you, Whitey! They've turned on us! We jews will SAVE you!"
Why is he “Citizen” Vigilante? He’s an American, not a citizen of any European state
Oh GAWD. Not you too
Don't worry, Denise. I address your concerns in the final section.
Very good. Doesn't matter if the script gives the pretense provided the plot gives the real game away.
I watched it and enjoyed, it, but the Hebrew tattoo while visiting the prostitute was the worst part of the film - as if the director wanted you to know that Armie Hammer is not pro-white as such. HIs great-great-grandfather, Armand Hammer, was the very Jewish capitalist who funded Lenin in 1917. The best scene was dealing with the 7 rapists at the end. Worth noting - and very realistic - is how the ethnic family supported a rapist family member. They do actually believe the 14yo deserved to be raped. And this is backed up by similar reactions to Pakistani rape gangs among the Pakistani community in the UK. Their sisters and mothers don't care at all. The film reminded me that Professor David Betz in the UK has forecast possible civil war in the UK, with the most likely development being the assassination of high court judges - the exact thing shown here.
Getting a tattoo is forbidden in Leviticus 19:28
Maybe he put it in Europa-land because that is how USA media and many USAmericans talk about anything happening on this continent? Or because that's the goal of the EU - one continent, one race, one language, one currency, and so on - all created by bureaucratic fiat from the all-knowing cadres of the EU-administration?
Or whatever - it's Uwe Boll, the man who was said to make movies only as a way to get tax write-offs.
Still seems better than War of the Worlds, the "Ice Tea saves the world"-version.
Speaking of vigilante/"revengeance"-movies, personally I'd rank High Plains Drifter above Taxi Driver, although the argument could be made they are too different to be compared even if they overlap genre-wise.
Great analysis. I found the film enjoyable and puzzling. Sanders is an enigma but I think (from several clues which must be intentional) he's a Kafkaesque figure, not so much allegorical as haloed by symbols, given a mythic depth which never quite resolves into straightforward allegory, but gives you an unsettling sense that something else is going on, in this case it is very Kafkaesque, Biblical. Probably wouldn't have worked with a lesser actor, luckily Hammer is allegedly a cannibal rapist or did something to piss off Hollywood, so Boll got a first-rate 6 foot 5 inches presence; who knows, the cannibal rapist aura might even help here, that sense of brooding violence beyond ordinary limits.
Would love a sequel where the media are more realistic and Sanders expands his remit from migrants to journalists. That would be HIGHLY satisfying.
I really like the rampage trilogy from the same director
awesome review.
would have liked you to explore in greater depth the strange contradiction of living during the height of "Capeshit" popularity and commodification, yet somehow the classic vigilante plotlines inherent in ALL superhero stories never connecting back to the reality of Soros-funded DA's letting criminals go free, corrupt politicians enabling multi-billion dollar fraud schemes, etc.
Then we have CV, who, especially when slaughtering Cops, reminded me distinctly of old school Frank Castle Punisher...not sure what mean
“So what this film advocates is kosher, race-blind, civic globalism.”
That take was worth reading the article for.
Watch his earlier films. They are in many ways leftist. In my view he just channels populist anger. I find it incomprehensible that he wasn’t banned and unpersoned long ago.
Too much intro. I almost didn’t make it to the review.
Your objections pretty much apply to every Uwe Boll movie, I think.
I thought about splitting the intro its own essay, but there isn't enough to warrant that. Unfortunate dilemma.