ass kicking


There are so few deep and insightful tales about the Soviet gulag. Coming out of the Ice was very good, One day in the life of Ivan Denisovitch a classic but this movie sucked. This Mickey Almon character would have had his ass kicked and then killed after the first outburst of insolence in the real gulag. The tough American independent solo act would not have survived a day in Stalins time. There are so many excellent movies about the plight and tragedy of Jews and other oppressed minorities under Nazi tyranny, why couldn't the makers of this film venture a little further like a Spielberg or Preminger have done? What a waste of bountiful material.

what ails most madmen is realitys grasp or escape, a paralysis of analysis

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