ANTHROPOID (UK/Czech/France 2016) **
Directed by Sean Ellis
Starring: Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy, Brian Caspe
Review by Gilbert Seah
The word ANTHROPOID comes from‘Operation Anthropoid’, the real life plan initiated by the Czechoslovakian Government to assassinate one of Hitler’s top right hand men, Reinhard Heydrich (aka the butcher of Warshaw) during World War II.
If a film has ever failed because of overeagerness, ANTHROPOID is the one. Despite sharing a few excellencies in certain departments like in costume and sets, the film, co-written directed and photographed (Ellis is both cameraman and cinematographer) has too much in the hands of its director.
Ellis is also not one for subtlety, He wants his audience to feel what is happening. His hand held, jittery camera method used in the end shoot-out climax, with the sound turned up several notches ends up giving the audience a headache more than anything else. To show the…
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