Sorry, this movie sucks

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Mohammed (Vincent Gallo) is an Islamic fighter taken captive after killing an American soldier and two contractors. He is waterboarded and interrogated in a black site. While being transported, his van crashes and he escapes. He finds himself in a snowy wilderness land. He kills a logger and steals a freshly caught fish. He comes upon a home where Margaret (Emmanuelle Seigner) revives him.There is no real rooting interest for either side of this escape movie. With no emotional attachment, this becomes an uninvolving movie. It's more of an art-house movie. Mohammed has no dialog and there is no dialog for most of this movie. There may be a bigger message that the filmmaker is trying to make by stripping away most of the background and emotional signposts. There are some flashbacks but they convey little other than a tranquil Islamic family. Maybe I'm digging too deep where there is no actual depth. The biggest problem is that I don't invest in this movie. If there is something deeper, the audience should be left with an emotional connection or inquiring thoughts. This leaves me empty and uncaring.

Taken to an unspecified European country for interrogation after killing three US soldiers, an unnamed terrorist tries to survive after fleeing capture in this unconventional thriller starring Vincent Gallo. It is not an easy to film to watch, and much of what Gallo gets up to (especially with a mother with a baby) may make one feel queasy, but Jerzy Skolimowski's approach in directing the material is refreshingly unique. His protagonist is thoroughly dislikeable at face value: possibly a member of the Taliban and mercilessly killing many along the way. As the title alludes to though, all of his killings are essential, at least in his eyes, and it is hard not to feel for his desperation, heinous as his actions may be. The choice to shoot with minimal dialogue (Gallo never once speaks) and no specific locations works well too as the film gets down to the essence of what it means to survive and live in the heat of the moment, politics aside. Interesting as all this might sound, 'Essential Killing' nevertheless ends on a sadly inconclusive note. The final section of the film (in which second-billed Emmanuelle Seigner finally appears) comes off as extremely implausible too. The benefit of all those flashbacks is likewise debatable since the less we know about Gallo, the more fascinating he is. If flawed, 'Essential Killing' remains daringly different though to the point that it is a hard film not to recommend. The picturesque yet hostile deserted locations, the frequently mobile cinematography and Pawel Mykietyn's eerie score all combine to make a difficult yet hard-to-forget experience.

Essential killing is a war film told from the side of Taliban Fighter who , after killing 3 American soldiers , is captured and taken to a completely alien country where he escapes and tries to survive in the wild.This had the potential to be a really good film. In parts it is. Sadly the director does not make certain aspects of the story clear enough for the audience such as what country was he in ?and why was the American army in a country that spoke in a eastern European language? Vincent Gallo is good as the Taliban fighter despite having absolutely no dialogue but it still wasn't enough to make this worthwhile.

Really bad movie with no narrative. No ending. It's a run away movie and it's just goes on and on with the same idea and it gets obnoxious and boring! Furthermore, The text writing has no sophistication at all.Don't waste your time and your money. I really don't understand how come the movie won 5 prizes in movie festival. The only thing I was satisfied with in the movie was the nature surrounding camera shooting which was magnificent. But still, the hero just wanders around in nature all along with no words coming from his mouth and the story just goes no where. In conclusion, the film was a waste of time and money and I believe you all will find a better violent and sophisticated movie to go to.