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The Silent Army 2008 123movies

The Silent Army 2008 123movies

A Father. A Missing Child. A Mission.Dec. 11, 2008115 Min.
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Watch: Wit Licht 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – Child soldiers in Africa are at the fore in this tale of a white restaurant owner in an African town bordering a conflict zone. When his son’s African friend Abu is abducted, he sets out to find the boy, and walks right into a training camp exploiting children like Abu..
Plot: Eduard Zuiderwijk (Marco Borsato) runs a restaurant in Africa. When his wife (Ricky Koole) suddenly dies, he is left to take care of his son Thomas (Siebe Schoneveld) on his own. When his son’s best friend Abu (Andrew Kintu) is abducted by a rebel leader to be trained as a child soldier, Eduard goes in pursuit to save the boy and regain his son’s respect.
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Ratings:

5.9/10 Votes: 1,197
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N/A Votes: 19 Popularity: 1.843 | TMDB

Reviews:

Don’t buy it wholesale
Eduard Zuiderwijk (Marco Borsato) is a cook with his own restaurant somewhere in Uganda (my guess is Kampala). After the death of his wife Anna, he is now the single father of Thomas (Siebe Schoneveld). And fatherhood isn’t easy for him, as he struggles to find time to take care of his son. However Thomas copes without his father presence thanks to his best friend Abu (Sam Okelo), the housemaids son.

That is until one days the Gods Army, a rebel group in Uganda led by the ruthless Michel Obeke (Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga), raids Abu’s village and takes him prisoner. Not soon after Abu is slowly but surely being converted into a child soldier. Thomas however is unable to cope with another loss and dragged down by feelings of guilt Eduard decides to embark on a rescue mission.

As in most such Western movies the inherent weakness stems from placing a European context onto an African mindset and situation. Ripe with generalisations and troubled constantly by the inherent ‘good intentionality’ of the story the movie is a quagmire of bad scripting, simplified interactions and self-important gibberish. Coupled with some abysmally atrocious acting the question lingers: Why did I give it such a relatively high mark? Most of this has to do with the unrelenting realism of the situation of child soldiers and the very convincing portrayal of the process of molding youth in deadly weapons. Sam Okelo, Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga and some other black actors (notably Okelo’s father) make most rebel scenes exceptional, heart-wrenching, believable and tragic. Especially the young Okelo does a stand-out job and really conveys the terror of conformity, which forces unwilling children to become that which they hate. Now if this movie had dealt almost entirely with the plight of Abu it would have been a memorable achievement. However…

Each and every time a white face appears in the picture the story-writing and dialogues take a head-dive into the badlands – unfortunately for the viewers this is about 70% of screen time. None of the white actors do even a mediocre acting job, while – I hate to say this about child actors – Thomas is absolutely atrocious. The less said about Marco Borsato the better – he should definitely stay with his day job. The direction of the movie feels like a hatchet job, so – despite some memorable and strong scenes – the movie is littered by several sequences, which invoke laughter and ridicule (not a good thing in a movie with such a sombre subject matter.

Essentially the movie feels as if writer/director Jean van de Welde took some real-life situations regarding child soldiers and struggled to paste together a plot around those ideas. Hence the realism of the rebel scenes work nicely, but the rest feels forcibly flung together, is poorly written and lacks similar intensity or significance.

The decent rating I give this movie concerns solely the rebel parts. Without them I wouldn’t venture to grade it higher than a 1. Very surprising that Cannes let this artistic failure anywhere near their competition – not quite a turd, but very close to being one.

Review By: p-stepien
1 word, Awful!
It’s nice filmed, big budget, but rather spend it on poor people because, this movie was bad as hell. The leading role is approved to Marco Borsato, which is a good singer really, but he just can’t act. If this was an American movie with a better plot it would have been a big hit. There are many reasons why this movie could have been better. But really, its just awful. You could watch it with a friend on DVD on a boring night, but i suggest rather to make a pizza or go to a bar.

So whenever you are planning to go to this movie, i can just say, don’t go! Dutch movies can be great. For example Zwartbook with Carice van Houten, who plays in the Valkyrie movie. This director can better find another job. For now, 1 star is already to many for this movie.

Review By: jelle-26

Other Information:

Original Title Wit Licht
Release Date 2008-12-11
Release Year 2008

Original Language nl
Runtime 1 hr 55 min (115 min), 1 hr 32 min (92 min) (France)
Budget 10000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Drama, Thriller
Director Jean van de Velde
Writer Jean van de Velde
Actors Marco Borsato, Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga, Thekla Reuten
Country Netherlands
Awards 2 wins & 3 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A


Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital, DTS (5.1)
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Cooke S4 and Angenieux Optimo Lenses, Arricam ST, Cooke S4 and Angenieux Optimo Lenses, Arriflex 35-III, Cooke S4 and Angenieux Optimo Lenses, Arriflex 435, Cooke S4 and Angenieux Optimo Lenses
Laboratory Cineco, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Soho Images, London, UK, Waterfront Studios, Cape Town, South Africa
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision3 500T 5219, Eastman EXR 50D 5245)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)

The Silent Army 2008 123movies
Original title Wit Licht
TMDb Rating 5.789 19 votes

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