Review of Attack on Darfur (2009) by Dean P — 30 Dec 2010
Only Uwe Boll, Hollywood's most inept director, could make a mess of a movie about Darfur. Instead of informing or telling the stories of the people he went for the shock and horror factor, then abruptly shifted to a preachy ending. The middle was filled with shaky cam renditions of carnage without any context in which to frame the complexities of the situation going on in Darfur or the tragedies of the individuals affected.
Instead of filming this in South Sudan and injecting some much-needed income into the struggling country he chose to film in Capetown, South Africa and use only a few Sudanese people for the roles. Fairly hypocritical considering that the only point he tries (and fails) to make is that nobody helps them.
This is horror tourism trying to pass itself off as a serious film; don't bother.
This review of Attack on Darfur (2009) was written by Dean P on 30 Dec 2010.
Attack on Darfur has generally received mixed reviews.
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