The East
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 2, 2021
- Originally Released: 2020
- Label: Magnolia Home Ent
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Martijn Lakemeier & Marwan Kenzari | |
Directed by | Jim Taihuttu |
Entertainment Reviews:
67%
TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 6
Rating: 8/10 --
Taihuttu's magnificent film all but forces us to confront our darkest selves.
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Film Threat
Rating: 6/10 --
Post WW II battles between the Dutch and Indonesian rebels told through one soldier's eyes.
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jackiekcooper.com
Rating: 3/4 --
A fascinating Dutch twist on the reckoning-with-our-ugly-past war film.
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Movie Nation
Bloated and thoroughly generic...
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New York Times
Rating: 3/5 --
The East is an unrelenting condemnation of the Netherlands' misguided attempt to return its colonial outreach to a time long gone while hitting most (if not all) of the "doomed war" niche genre movie tropes without ever actually teetering into cliche.
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Austin Chronicle
Rating: 2/4 --
The East features more indulgence than criticism of the chauvinistic mentality that leads men to think that they can use others as a mirror for their own problems.
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RogerEbert.com
The first half of THE EAST is like a Coppola/Herzog-style fever dream in which a conflicted antihero is shown the limits of his perspective...
RogerEbert.com
Product Description:
Co-written and directed by Jim Taihuttu, this historical war drama takes place in 1946 Indonesia when it was still known as the Dutch East Indies colony. Dutch troops are deployed there to quell the rising national revolution. Young soldier Johan (Martijn Lakemeier) finds himself enamored with the ideas, philosophies, and leadership of Dutch officer Raymond Westerling (Marwan Kenzari) whom he follows, emulates, and obeys. However, when their counterinsurgency efforts begin purging operations on Sulawesi province, Johan suddenly questions the presence and purpose of their military actions.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 57,105
- UPC: 876964017428
- Shipping Weight: 0.16/lbs (approx)
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