Review of Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013) by Laurent B — 06 Jan 2014

Worst surprise of the year. As beautiful as profoundly boring...and so pretentious.

This review of Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013) was written by Laurent B on 06 Jan 2014.

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas has generally received mixed reviews.

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