Review of Burning Sands (2017) by Imike T — 11 Mar 2017

This is giving all orgs a bad look. this is NOT representative of all. they could have at least used the greek alphabet correctly.

This review of Burning Sands (2017) was written by Imike T on 11 Mar 2017.

Burning Sands has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Michael Rechtshaffen (1,086) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 09 Mar 2017

In the absence of a more dramatically dynamic approach to that awfully familiar subject matter, “Burning Sands” proves neither as incendiary…

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By Sesali Bowen (18) for Refinery29 (181) on 24 Sep 2017

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By Steve C (928) on 11 Mar 2017

Brutal and gutteral, but seriously lacking humor. The film ends with a cell phone call and an utterance that is unintelligible. A fatal failure…

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