Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

crackmassage I already knew the bare outlines of Israeli politics and modern Israel's history from reading news magazines over years and from history class-- but this goes quite a bit into detail of several crucial events with archival footage of the various house bombings, assassinations, bus suicide bombings, and street riots superimposed over the words of the leaders of Shin Bet itself-- getting all their own words in actual interviews is an incredible accomplishment if you think about it. There have only been six leaders of this Israeli national security force in Modern Israel's history. All six spoke candidly to interviewers here. While at first I thought the film was starting to get very detailed and even long winded, this misgiving vanished as more unfolds and footage is shown of families being raided in the night-- arrests made, bomb victim human beings-- the movie zeroes in on its focus and holds it laser-beam tight. By the last half hour I found the focus of the documentary powerful, artfully and factually describing as skilled editing of images is seen and interviews heard I can't think of a more powerful documentary I've seen, really. The head of Shin Bet is something like the head of the US's CIA and FBI rolled into one-- and clearly they are very powerful commanders who make life and death decisions which effect people directly. - the movie subtly examines both the morality and the effectiveness of both tactical and strategic strikes on the opposition to Israel's government and statehood--zeroing in on internal Israeli and West Bank events rather than anti-Israel sentiment in the larger Arab world. The film is brilliantly directed.

teetamalangi A very brutally honest documentary about the conflict in Palestine. Ex-chiefs of Israeli intelligence, Shin Bet, come out openly about their operations in the occupied Palestinian territories. Interestingly, these top Israeli security officials openly accept the reality of how Israel has been brutally occupying the Palestinian people for decades. Moreover, they talk about their decisions which led to the killings of numerous innocent people. They talk about how Israel dropped a one-ton bomb in the middle of crowded housing area, which resulted in many innocent deaths and 14 children under the age of 15 were burnt alive.Lastly, these officials also accept that the responsibility of not having peace in the region lies on extremist elements within the Israeli state that do not want any peaceful settlement of the conflict.All in all, it is amazing to see that these top security officials come out in open and talk about all the things in such honest manner.In the end, they wish that a settlement to the conflict is reached and Palestinians are given their due rights--but they remain cynical. One of the former heads of Shin Bet says in the end "Israel acts like German occupation forces acted during World War 2. It is heartbreaking to see, but it is the reality"

lordahl This documentary has almost nothing to do with the intricate details of the decades-long Israel/Palestine conflict. It makes almost no attempt at summarizing the history of the conflict. Being an American with a passing knowledge of the conflict, I had some idea of the events being talked about, but I lacked any sort of concrete internal time line of the conflict or anything of that nature.But that's not the point of this documentary. The various events and tragedies of the conflict are used as conversation points to elicit from the former heads of Shin Bet their moral, ethical, and emotional viewpoints on war and anti-terrorism. The viewer gets to see, first hand, the personal struggles that go on inside the minds of men charged with a nearly impossible task: eradicating terrorism while attempting not to become terrorists themselves.We see that certain interviewees struggled to no end with the morality behind killing captured terrorists, collateral damage, and military operations that may or may not have been legal under military law. One interviewee appears to operate under the assumption that killing terrorists is always justified, whereas another takes a step back and acknowledges that one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist.If these types of thorny issues discussed on a personal, sometimes emotional, level do not interest you, then this film is not for you. If you are looking for a war documentary, this is not for you. If you are looking for politicized documentary, this is not for you.This is a long series of interviews with Shin Bet decision-makers, punctuated only by brief explanations of the events upon which the interviewees are questioned. The viewer sees elements of compassion, struggle, helplessness and even sociopathy in the responses elicited.Most of all, these men are all human, discussing their actions and decisions on a human level. Their final conclusions act as a fitting conclusion to the film. Even if you hate these men, or disagree with what they have to say, this film is the essence of well-made documentary.*As a side note, some will argue that this film displays a pro-Israeli stance. However, any film which interviews the commanders of a certain armed force will inevitably present that side's viewpoint. This documentary is not sold as anything but what is -- interviews with the men in charge of Shin Bet.

Hot 888 Mama . . . than it is probably a useful exercise to watch this Oscar-nominated feature documentary which stitches together the philosophy of six Israeli Dick Cheneys who ran that Middle Eastern country's intelligence service from about 1980 to 2011. These guys control a warehouse of files that puts the one at the end of INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK to shame. Apparently, there is a paper file on every resident of both Israel and the Occupied Territories. Further, the bank of video screens is more extensive than the Federation used to monitor the entire Universe, as each block of the Holy Land is under continuous high-resolution satellite surveillance. Finally, the self-proclaimed "Jewish State" apparently is the main testing ground for the United States military's "Hellfire" weaponized aerial drone program, in which video gamers blow up Palestinian pedestrians, vehicles, homes, and businesses right and left. All of this could be coming to an America near you soon, so get ready!