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Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

areatw For a film that is supposedly based on a true story, 'Colonia' has the feel of a cheap thriller with a very shallow and underdeveloped plot. The story itself sounds interesting enough and it definitely had the potential to be an engaging and fascinating film, but the on screen execution is really poor, heavy handed and sloppily written in parts. To say that this film is overdramatic would be an understatement and it is riddled with clichés and predictable events.Despite the film apparently being based on a true story, much of what happens within the sect feels forced, unnatural and over the top. The violence and abuse seemed to be deliberately overdone for the 'shock factor', but in truth after a while it just becomes repetitive and uninteresting. It's also pretty easy to guess what's coming next and the ending is suitably lame and predictable. There is some decent acting, particularly from Michael Nyqvist, but that's about as far as the positives extend.

Undercoversta I was really impressed by this movie and I think, it's underrated at the moment. Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl did a great job there. You feel some kind of magic between them. Also the other characters are realistic and credible.After watching it I felt, like I was in the colonia myself

adonis98-743-186503 A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from. I never knew anything about this story until i saw Colonia starring Emma Watson, Michael Nyqvist and Daniel Bruhl and i gotta say although the film started a bit strange and it was slowly paced the 3rd act really made the film way better for me and although you might not get the whole plot very serious like i did at first once you see the end credits you will understand more about it and how this whole thing worked but overall great acting by the 3 leading stars, suspense and a story that more people need to know more about (7.5/10)

eddie_baggins Colonia (also known as The Colony is some territories) is a film that on paper has it all, a director with runs on the board behind camera, recognisable faces in front of the camera and a true story as its basis that would suggest a high stakes thriller that has the broad appeal of popcorn eaters and renowned critics alike so that Colonia failed so dismally upon its scattered release over the last 12 months (making roughly $61 pounds in its UK cinema release) is disappointing to say the least.When speaking of disappointment its sadly a word that's apt for the film itself even though its far more engaging that its near non-existent support upon release suggests.While never making the most of its full-fledged story of the Colonia Dignidad that existed in the country of Chile for over 40 years thanks to the grizzly work of cult like leader Paul Schäfer (here played by a long haired Michael Nyqvist, doing a fairly creepy take on the character) who operated the facility as a diabolical prison like environment made for no escaping and a life of potato peeling, corn harvesting and public beatings, John Rabe director Florian Gallenberger still instils the film with enough atmosphere and soul that it will at times thoroughly engage.Colonia does however continue on the rather disappointing career trend of Oscar winner Gallenberger who has failed to ever get close to the cinematic work he produced with his foreign language films like Shadows of Time and while Colonia isn't terrible, the director certainly faces an uphill battle to ever get back to the standard he set in the early 2000's.The same could be said of Colonia's stars Emma Watson (who needs next year's Beauty and the Beast to be a big hit) and Daniel Brühl who seem to have found themselves in a career funk of late after early successes at their beginnings and while mostly fine by themselves in this tale, whenever the two get together an uneasy chemistry forms and much of the danger and dramatics of this rather scary story get lost in amongst their badly formed double up.Failing to distinguish itself from a TV movie like vibe, Colonia may not have deserved its quick death and critical drubbing upon release but the story of this eerily scary and freighting true story could've been so much more, even if its moments of quality make it a watchable and often thoroughly enjoyable thriller.3 potatoes out of 5