Review of Beasts of No Nation (2015) by Brenda S — 23 Apr 2016
The film "Beasts of No Nation" touches this subject so well. A young boy (Agu), very family oriented tries to live to a happy life with family and rapping for fun with friends during the African war.
His story only made me imagine of how really the kids in Africa are living during a difficult war era. A boy so harmless and skinny has no choice but to listen to an unknown commander who found him in the middle of the woods after having to see his family killed from the government.
The commander brainwashes him into something that's not true. Yes, agu survived but his survival was nothing compared to the person he later turned out to be. It's hard because children, just like Agu , are currently going this same situation if not worse and that hard to understand.
He had no choice to run in hopes to live and survive. The commander turned him into something he's definitely not, as Agu was newly exposed to killings and the smell of death; he became very used to his new life.
The film was based on a story in 2005 but yet the same situation is happening now if not a lot worse than this film has portrayed it.
This review of Beasts of No Nation (2015) was written by Brenda S on 23 Apr 2016.
Beasts of No Nation has generally received very positive reviews.
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