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The Battle of Algiers (1965). This fantastic flick, shot documentary style, felt less a movie and more like an actual history as to what happened. The differing black and white scenes, some clean and some wickedly grainy, worked wonderfully to demonstrate each scene's power and influence. There is no character development, just the start of a war for independence and freedom from colonialism. Apparently it was unbiased in its portrayal of atrocities committed on each side.
Laid to Rest (2008). For those looking for complicated premises, profound stories, and twists galore, this will probably be a disappiontment. If unabashed gore and brutality, decent acting, and some eye candy is what ya had in mind, then this flick is the perfect choice. Laid to Rest is a wickedly simple story of a monster's inability to end his campaign of atrocious bloodletting. And the occassional techno deathmetal score was apropos, especially during the split second torture-fest in the intro credits. Ashe.
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