Review of Escape from Sobibor (1987) by Betty W — 08 Jul 2009

Okay, so...yeah I watched it because Rutger Hauer was in it. So, what? But I don't think his face needed to be plastered all over evr movie poster for the film. It takes him an hour to get into the movie and even then, I kept thinking he was going to be a Nazi before he showed up because of his damn hair. Plus, his thing with that woman was like the weakest plot line and made no freaking sense. :D.

But it's so much better than it looks, I promise. The plot is freaking solid and so intense. Some of the dialouge may be sort of weak but all of the Jewish characters are so interesting, and the scenes are placed perfectly to create great story developement. Some of the acting is lacking, but the script really was good. Maybe it's because I haven't seen a whole lot of films specificially from the Jewish perspective during the Holocaust, but it was pretty darn awesome. Man, this film reminded me how much I really, really hate Nazis.

This is one film, that I wouldn't mind at all if someone had taken the script for and remade it today. Well, I'd take out that confusing ending.