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Land of the Blind, 2006

Starring: Tom Hollander, Ralph Fiennes, Donald Sutherland

Directed by: Robert Edwards

Written by: Robert Edwards

Language: English

Country: UK, USA

Runtime: 110 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.4

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Land of the Blind can be described as bleak and disturbing. The plot revolves around corrupt rulers, terrorism, and rebellion. The main genre is drama. In approach, Land of the Blind is serious and realistic. It takes place in contemporary times.

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There's no shortage of trenchant political satire in this film starring Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland, written and directed by Robert Edwards. The story is set in an alternate reality amalgam of Great Britain and the U.S.A., where film and TV celebrities run the government and Max (Tom Hollander), the leader of the "free" world, is a sado-masochistic freak who spends the nation's money on gaudy action movies. Outside the palace walls, the nation is being overrun by violent rebels while their idealistic leader, Thorne (Sutherland), resides in jail, quoting William Butler Yeats and being regularly tortured. Fiennes plays Joe, a sympathetic prison guard who gradually adopts Thorne's views and joins a plot to assassinate Max. But then when the revolution succeeds, Joe finds a whole new nightmare awaiting him.

Edwards plunders the history books for this jet black allegory, with references everything from Mussolini's Italy, Stalin's Russia, and Cambodia's Khymer Rouge all the way up to President Bush, and North Korea's Kim Jong III. In its cockeyed way the film resembles a more violent and disturbing version of the Marx Brothers' DUCK SOUP crossed with Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL. There are costumes from all different historical periods, hyper-gaudy architecture, semiotic brainwashing reminiscent of Orwell's 1984 and some extraneous bathroom humor. Tom Hollander steals most of his scenes as the Caligula-esque Max; Lara Flynn Boyle is also in fine scenery chewing form as his Imelda Marcos meets Evita Peron-style wife.

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Language:	English
Country:	UK, USA
Release date:	16 June 2006
Runtime:	110 min

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Tom Hollander

as Maximilian II

Ralph Fiennes

as Joe

Donald Sutherland

as Thorne

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Variety

One of the more spectacular misfires of recent years, Land of the Blind's lack of originality is only slightly exceeded by its failure to work as political satire. Full Review

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by: Jay Weissberg

Rolling Stone

Political satire is so rare that it's a shame to watch the reliable Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland lend their talents to one that is blind to its own incompetence. Full Review

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by: Peter Travers

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I really liked this movie, unlike most viewers who critiqued it here. Some spoilers now, but afterthoughts on a good viewing experience: I was disturbed by the ending. The one good man who would have made a great leader suffers the worst fate- being... Read and rate it

30.June.2010
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by: Rodney Wollam
Rodney Wollam rated this movie0/10

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