Placing this film's political agenda aside. It is still a film that fails plot-wise. It tries to portray childhood friendship, love, self sacrifice, commitment to ideals and justice, but...
The bonding between the two would-be-martyrs is never fully exploited. It reveals itself in the end, but we don't see this relationship being developed. So we don't really care about their friendship.
The female character (romantic interest?) is very weak. Again we don't see a deep relationship that justifies the extent in which she gets involved.
The one element that gets scrutinized is one's characters commitment to the cause. We get a very convincing and heart breaking reason for it. But the failures at character development, only lead us to believe that this young man's lines are only placeholders for propaganda.
We get tension, and a light of hope, it does make for a very interesting movie. But it would have been much more thrilling if the time that is gained by a certain plot twist, had been spent intensifying the human side of those labeled as just 'suicidal fanatics'.
The bonding between the two would-be-martyrs is never fully exploited. It reveals itself in the end, but we don't see this relationship being developed. So we don't really care about their friendship.
The female character (romantic interest?) is very weak. Again we don't see a deep relationship that justifies the extent in which she gets involved.
The one element that gets scrutinized is one's characters commitment to the cause. We get a very convincing and heart breaking reason for it. But the failures at character development, only lead us to believe that this young man's lines are only placeholders for propaganda.
We get tension, and a light of hope, it does make for a very interesting movie. But it would have been much more thrilling if the time that is gained by a certain plot twist, had been spent intensifying the human side of those labeled as just 'suicidal fanatics'.