directed by Alessandro Tonda
Finding an underrated film that I actually like is one thing, but finding a film that is so badly promoted on the Internet is another. Even though I try not to judge films by their ratings, I often check those ratings before choosing something to see. Can’t help it. When I saw today’s production’s description on one streaming platform, I was highly curious about it despite its rather average ratings. Then, after watching, I was reading more and let me just copy-paste you what I found on numerous sites about this film: “An Islamic terror attack at a school in Brussels”. Hold up! Who the hell agreed to describe this story with that particular sentence?! I guess they just watched the first 5 minutes of the film and thought “yeah, that will do”. I’m writing this post in order to share what a gem this film is and I do hope you will decide to see it. At the beginning, we meet Isabelle (Clotilde Hesme) and Adamo (Adamo Dionisi), two paramedics from Brussels. They’ve just finished their night shift, but they got a call about an emergency, which requires extra support from all possible paramedics available. Turns out that at one school there was a shooting and an explosion, which led to many injured teenagers in need of immediate medical help. When Isabelle and Adamo get there, they find an unconscious boy, so without any hesitation they just put him into the ambulance and start driving towards a hospital. The tragedy was caused by a teenager who, as that incredibly eloquent and elaborated sentence says, was a Muslim and most probably because of his beliefs was pushed to shoot his peers and detonate the bomb attached to his body. However, Isabelle and Adamo soon find out that the teenage assassin wasn’t alone and the boy that is currently in the ambulance with them is also equipped with an explosive device. And the boy is waking up. And now, if you’re not feeling like watching this film after my short description, then I’m a ballerina. I absolutely love films that make me wonder what I’d do if I were there and leave me with this terrifying thought that I’d probably just lose consciousness from stress. It’s a rather low-budget production, but the idea is just marvellous. The paramedics are obviously trapped, because no matter if they stay or get off the ambulance in a hurry, the boy can detonate the bomb anytime. I’m afraid that this film is underrated because of two reasons. One, that horrible sentence that discourages people from watching another production about terrorists. Two, perhaps religious people might be against presenting them as the bad ones. As a non-religious person it’s hard for me to share such perspective, because I try not to judge people by their beliefs, but by their actions. And I don’t care to which church or temple you go to – if your beliefs push you to hurting anyone, then I’ll see you as a bad person. Period. So I wouldn’t focus on the fact that the boys were Muslim, because it’s not even what this film is about. But if I told you what it’s actually about, then you wouldn’t decide to see it, so make sure to do that and watch it till the very end. It is terrifying, it is exciting and at the end it’s very inspirational. At least it was to me.
My rating: 7/10
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I have nothing to watch 