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Land of the Blind (no poster sorry!) Starring: Donald Sutherland and Ralph Fiennes Directed by: Robert Edwards Rated R Genre: Political Thriller Synopsis: In a bleak future a fascist dictator declares himself president for life after his father (also was a president for life) dies. A political prisoner tries to rid the world of the fascism that is caused by this dictator, only to create a more fascist state. My Thoughts: This movie was so brain-dead it made my head hurt. How could a left wing nut like Donald Sutherland play an extreme fascist? At the beginning of the film it was very satisfying seeing Sutherland in a jail cell surrounded by his own filth looking like a hideous grizzly adams type. Scorecard Acting- The only saving grace in this category was the man that played Junior (the dictator for life, that later gets assassinated.) (I believe his name is Tom Hollander) He was so over the top with his character it was good. Donald Sutherland was terrible, to be fair, the character was bad, so I don't think that it was all his fault, and Ralph Fiennes basically slept through this entire film. He looked incredibly bored to be there and there was nothing to like about his character either. But, just because the character of Junior really helped this movie some, I really cannot give this category a zero, I mean I could, but I really liked the character too much to. (1/2) Direction- Or lack there of in this case. This movie started at the end, went back to the beginning then back to the end, then to the middle then back to the beginning again, and then back to the end, confused? So was I. (0) Story- The story sounded descent enough. Its a political over throw story, where the person who over throws the government becomes worse than the one he over threw. I liked the story, but it didn't play out as well as it should have. I cannot justify giving this category any rating, because it did sound like a pretty good story, but it went no where. (0) Expectations- I expected something out of this movie. Ralph Fiennes is a good actor, Donald Sutherland is an okay actor, you would think that something would come of this movie. Sadly, this movie fell short of everything. (0) Boring?- The term "Hell Yes" doesn't even describe how boring this movie was. Movies shouldn't be a task to have to get through. I found myself looking at the clock every couple of minutes seeing if time would somehow speed up...it didn't...and this movie was one of the most boring I have ever seen. (0) Final Score: 1/2 out of 5 Final Thoughts: I can really justify giving this movie a DUNG! if I wanted to. It was bad, but I really like the character of Junior the boy President (who wasn't much of a boy, being in his thirties) He is the only reason to see this movie, but I am telling you right now...be warned...you might want to scratch your eyes out if you watch this movie.
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