"Blutiger Freitag" tells the story of a very heterogeneous band of criminals who decide to rob a bank, kidnap some people and have to see their own plans fall to dust in front of their hands.
The film is supposed to have a realistic setting, involving some bank robberies, that had been carried out in the days of German left-wing terrorism groups like RAF. Nonetheless, most of the time it looks like a cheap German romance of the era, delivering very one-dimensional characters and a lot of exaggerated emotions that tend to become hysterical at times. The plot itself is solid, even though I highly doubt the extent of realism involved. There is a certain level of tension and you do emphasize with the characters partly. However, some strange conservative undertones and the overwhelming emotionality prevent it from being more.
All in all this is surely an interesting piece of work, especially for cultural researchers, but it is more interesting as film history than it is as a film.
The film is supposed to have a realistic setting, involving some bank robberies, that had been carried out in the days of German left-wing terrorism groups like RAF. Nonetheless, most of the time it looks like a cheap German romance of the era, delivering very one-dimensional characters and a lot of exaggerated emotions that tend to become hysterical at times. The plot itself is solid, even though I highly doubt the extent of realism involved. There is a certain level of tension and you do emphasize with the characters partly. However, some strange conservative undertones and the overwhelming emotionality prevent it from being more.
All in all this is surely an interesting piece of work, especially for cultural researchers, but it is more interesting as film history than it is as a film.