Review of Essential Killing (2010) by Tony Rayns for Sight and Sound — 04 Apr 2011
Essential Killing would be much less powerful if it didn't show the jihadi's physical sufferings with such visceral immediacy, and if the realism weren't strong enough to deliver surrealist shocks like the staggering final image.
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This review of Essential Killing (2010) was written by Tony Rayns and published by Sight and Sound on 04 Apr 2011.
Essential Killing has generally received mixed reviews.
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