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What To Do In Case of Fire / Was tun, wenn's brennt? (2001): You Must See This Movie

All posts in this blog are intended to highlight movies (either really good or really bad) that run the risk of being overlooked by the public. Great movies that are well known to the general public need not apply. The following movie is in the Good category: The German movie What To Do In Case of Fire, original name Was tun, wenn's brennt? (2001) is about a long disbanded group of anarchists who are forced back together when a bomb they planted in Berlin before the fall of the Berlin Wall over a decade earlier finally detonates. With the police now after them, the group is forced back together and forced to examine their old life including why they left (except for one of them who's still active), and the life they now have. This movie is a great look at how our ideals change as we get older and start a new life, and how we must sometimes reconcile who we were with who we are now. I've seen comments online from people commenting on historical inaccuracies, and i

Salvage aka Gruesome (2006): You Must See This Movie

All posts in this blog are intended to highlight movies (either really good or really bad) that run the risk of being overlooked by the public. Great movies that are well known to the general public need not apply. The following movie is in the Good category: Salvage is the story of a young woman named Claire (Lauren Currie Lewis) who keeps being murdered over and over by the same guy (Duke, played by Chris Farey), who himself is prone to being shot to death by the police. She keeps on trying to find out why this is happening to her. Everyone around her is acting strange, including her boyfriend (Jimmy, played by Cody Darbe) who sometimes tags along but has a strange smile suggesting he's letting more than he's letting on. While a low budget movie, it is well acted, and critically Lewis in the lead role is the stand-out performance. She is in nearly every scene and holds the audience's attention. While I could not figure out what was really happening until it was reveal