While I am a fan of this director's works, this is not at all his best film. However, it was still enjoyable. There are some very interesting things about it. It starts out a bit slow, but it is nevertheless an interesting look at the struggles and lives of some immigrants. While watching this slow portion I got the feeling that some of the bits were very realistic and may have been based on life.
Later in the film there is an action sequence. It feels very realistic at times but it looked like there was some CGI in there, which sort of took me out of the moment. I think CGI has its place in some of those big blockbuster type of films like Transformers, but with a very realistic movie like this, it almost feels like they added CGI to a documentary or something to make the explosions bigger.
It's still an interesting story, however. It is not a typical story structure either, it feels like they found a new way to tell a story and it works. It may feel a bit odd for some people who watch it but I think that is only because they may be so used to seeing the traditional types of storytelling and this one is a bit different.
Later in the film there is an action sequence. It feels very realistic at times but it looked like there was some CGI in there, which sort of took me out of the moment. I think CGI has its place in some of those big blockbuster type of films like Transformers, but with a very realistic movie like this, it almost feels like they added CGI to a documentary or something to make the explosions bigger.
It's still an interesting story, however. It is not a typical story structure either, it feels like they found a new way to tell a story and it works. It may feel a bit odd for some people who watch it but I think that is only because they may be so used to seeing the traditional types of storytelling and this one is a bit different.