Well Deserved Praise

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

I was a combat medic in the United States Army. I have seen some medical atrocities in my time. While I was not particularly familiar with the particulars on the genocide taking place in Darfur I have heard of the situation. This movie, even though it is a fictional piece holds back no punches. I was extremely caught off guard by the depiction of genocide taking place in the region in Darfur. Attack on Darfur has plenty of gut wrenching and questionable scenes to accurately depict the horrors of genocide in Darfur. The movie tells the story of a crew of journalists looking to investigate the region of Darfur and report on the atrocities of the war taking place between different factions vying for power in the region. The journalists come upon a village full of people native to Darfur who are then encountered by a group of militia men looking to exterminate everyone in the village. From that point on the movie becomes extremely horrific. I did not expect Uwe Boll to produce such a masterpiece. His movies are not known for telling stories of any relevance, unless you are a fan of video games. The brutal honesty and passion that was put into this movie was very well on display. While the movie was a fictional piece the setting and ideals were not. Genocide does take place in regions like Darfur. The ability for Uwe Boll to make a movie about a taboo subject and show the viewing audience violence on an unrivaled scale takes a lot of heart. Uwe Boll knew this film was not going to win any Oscars. The film was shot on a shoe string budget more than likely and contained the same actors that Uwe Boll uses for almost every movie. Uwe Boll knew he could send a message out there to those who were willing to spend 90 minutes of their life watching Attack on Darfur. This movie was about the fight against genocide in Darfur and Uwe Boll's mission to let others know this problem exist. If you are looking for an action packed movie about American journalists saving a village in Africa this is not the movie for you. There is no reason to smile during this movie. Every piece of this movie is tragic. Attack in Darfur is a vile, cold-hearted, Grim reaper that will scoop up the tears you shed while watching this movie and spit them back in your face. I implore you to watch Attack on Darfur if you feel your life sucks. I can guarantee you the opinion on your status of life will change. Just understand this; with genocide there is no happy ending.

An excellent premise, with some decent actors so really this should have been far, far better. It has some good moments, and is basically a decent storyline looking at the horror of what went on in Darfur. Unfortunately Uwe Boll's continuing use of the very, very shaky hand held cam really, really spoils this film. Rage was pretty decent, the type of film where the shaky cam actually works quite well but in this it just completely distracts from what is going on. I ended up paying much less attention to what was going on because the shaky cam was just far too distracting and far too annoying. For some reason Uwe also manages to take some decent actors and extract a mediocre performance from them.At least he is nowhere near as bad a director as Rob Zombie.Rent this, but don't buy it as the flaws far outweighs the good points.

Darfur is a terrible movie. Plain and simple. There are a myriad of reasons why Uwe Boll needs to stop making movies. Somehow, "Darfur" maybe worse that Uwe Boll's "Blood Rayne" movies (and that is saying something). I can go on and on about how the pacing in the movie is wonky; how everyone's characterization is lacking; or how it is the most disorganized movie I've ever seen. The most annoying thing about the movie was the cinematography. In a misguided attempt to make it look "realistic", the movie is shown like it was filmed on a camcorder. The camera sways to and fro constantly, even in places where the camera shouldn't be wobbling. It looks more like the camera man was drunk and losing his balance. This is a poorly made movie that is mockery on the subject matter and proof that Uwe Boll needs to stop making movies.

No plot, no dialogue, no suspense. Just two miserable hours of innocent, poverty-stricken African villagers getting machete'd, gunned down and raped by handsome, merciless Arabs. Zero insight into the underlying cultural differences, resource constraints, historical cycles of bloodshed and other factors that drive such conflicts. Completely one-sided in its presentation, this is not a movie or a documentary, it's a piece of propaganda designed to demonize the Arabs and does little but incite further racial hatred. Is that really the best solution to ending further genocide?? Even if it is true that that the Arabs are completely at fault, the movie fails to provide any evidence or background for the viewer to arrive at a decision; it's a pure emotional appeal that they are evil. That Redbox decided to add this to its very limited selection of movies is quite disturbing and makes me question their motives. Go read the wikipedia page on Darfur, but don't waste your time on this movie.