The movie shake hand with the devil directed by Roger Spottiswoode was intense, interesting and informative. The film focuses around general Romeo Dallaire who was a Canadian UN general put in charge of the peacekeeping mission in Rwanda. It shows how little help, funding and information they were given going into the mission. They weren’t even given enough ammo to use, and every vehicle they had been breaking down and almost useless.
What I like most about this film was the way that they don’t focus only on how it was during the genocide, but how it looked at all the factors behind it, and what happened to the people afterwards. It shows the mental effect it had on Dallaire. The whole movie is bursting with facts and I learned a lot more out of this than any other movie I’ve seen on the genocide. The facts, with the exciting scenes keep you interested and make you want to do something to help.
Another reason I really enjoyed this film was because it seemed so real, at some points it seems more like a documentary than a movie. They actually went to Rwanda to film on the real sights where all these tragic events took place so it makes it seem like you’re watching the real thing go down. I think that for a film that has a serious tone all throughout it that this is very important. It wouldn’t be taken as serious if you could tell that it was on a set somewhere in the US. Without all the lights and fake backgrounds and bright colours, you get a grittier, almost realistic view on how things actually were.
Overall I would give this movie 3 out of 5 stars. The reason I wouldn’t give it a perfect rating is because it does lack some excitement and there are a few scenes I could have done without. Also some of the scenes seem dragged out and shouldn’t last as long as they do.
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