Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form of human being. But it takes a relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living.
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Why would anyone want to watch these types of movies that showcase the horrors of the Holocaust??? These types of horrific historic events should be shown in documentaries where the viewer wants to learn about historical events, as shocking as some were. I don't want to see sad dramas based on historical events because they certainly are not a source of entertainment for me. Also, this movie was made 20 years ago when showing two leading, masculine men in a gay LTR, living a "normal" life with a happy ending was not yet accepted. Gay marriage is the law of the land now and it's time we moved on. Let's catch up with the straight movies which have always shown straight LTRs in a positive light with happy endings!!! The movie was a total bummer. It was well done, well acted, but a total bummer. Only watch it if you want to be depressed!!!
The horror at the heart of this film is portrayed unflinchingly, but without sensationalism. The story is about the Nazi's extermination of homosexuals during the Third Reich. Max is a wild-living young queer man who takes one risk too many and finds himself in Dachau concentration camp. From the moment he is captured, he resolves to survive and must find out how far he is willing to go to do so.Max's (Clive Owen) determination to survive powers the narrative, and I found it utterly compelling. The film is well directed, sliding seamlessly from impressionistic fantasy to nightmarish realism. Not all of the acting is brilliant, but Clive Owen is good, and cameos from Mick Jagger and Ian McKellen are rewarding.
Even though it is meant to be a good movie, it really isn't because it just doesn't seem to make sense for. OK in the beginning , we know well that it's set in a gay bar during world war II and of course, the lead character Max is gay.Then he gets involved with this Nazi solider and he gets killed when he was found out by the Nazi party. Then the other characters escaped and that's when I thought this movie kinda went downhill on me, it just didn't make sense! It didn't concentrate much on the characters as it should've done and the movie really dragged on so I decided to just not watch it anymore.Mick Jagger was excellent at his role and of course, singing streets of Berlin in drag!I just wish he really made more appearances in this film, it didn't work much without him :/
The movie is gorgeous! I think. I especially like the part the two guys stood there and make love to each without touching and looking at each other...touching your emotion actually...the desperate suicide committed by the man was unavoidable and sad...'yes, I love you; yes'...a confirmation of love is more than thousands of words...nice movie! 10 lines comments? wow, too critical for a good movie review...the Gettysburg address by Abraham Lincoln was short but convincible!powerful.The movie is gorgeous! I think. I especially like the part the two guys stood there and make love to each without touching and looking at each other...touching your emotion actually...the desperate suicide committed by the man was unavoidable and sad...'yes, I love you; yes'...a confirmation of love is more than thousands of words...nice movie!
