Review of The Promise (2017) by Audrey G — 21 Apr 2017
It's about time. It's about time a movie that has both great historical significance, and modern day pertinence, get made and have it's day in the sun. Oscar Isaac shines - and is simply fantastic, delivering an Oscar caliber performance that will bring you to tears.
The film has some flaws, yes, like a trite love triangle, but it makes up for it by telling a completely original and often forgotten Genocide story. Set in 1915 Turkey, the world is at war, and with the cloak of war covering everyone's eyes, the Turks commit the murder of 1.
5 Million of it's minority Christian Armenian civilian citizens, in an effort to spread Muslim Pan-Turkism, ultimately creating the country of Turkey as we know it today. The German Nazis (allies of Turkey in WWI and WWII) would then use this forgotten Genocide as a playbook for orchestrating the Holocaust in WWII.
This film is undoubtably one of the smartest films of the year, and in my opinion one of the 10 best movies of 2017. See it!
This review of The Promise (2017) was written by Audrey G on 21 Apr 2017.
The Promise has generally received positive reviews.
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