Review of La Haine (1995) by Ken T — 30 Jun 2010
La Haine, will most likely never be seen by 99% of America's population. It has no recognizable names, is in another language, and takes place completely in black and white. These are the three "off" signals for the modern movie goer, and boy is that depressing.
A friend of mine happened to purchase the Criterion Collection version of it, so I'll give my take on the flick. I feel this movie is alot like "Taxi Driver". It takes place in an extremely brutal world where there is an internal struggle over what is right and what is wrong.
While this and Taxi Driver have that similarity, each also have a good amount of gun talk from people who feel that they are so high and mighty. However, it reveals that we're all just normal and average citizens who aren't as tough as we say we are.
Not much violence occurs in both of these films, but when it does it changes everything. The ending of this film per say is a big surprise, coming out of nowhere, and concludes with an ending that'll leave you debating for hours.
It's entirely open ended, and I'm of course not going to discuss it any further than that. Besides that, alot of the shots are really great. The slow motion shots of guys breakdancing and punching a bag are really awesome.
So, good flick. If you don't mind your talky movies.
This review of La Haine (1995) was written by Ken T on 30 Jun 2010.
La Haine has generally received very positive reviews.
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