This is a Pure Movies review of Carlos, directed by Olivier Assayas, starring Édgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Alejandro Arroyo, Ahmad Kaabour, Talal El-Jordi, Juana Acosta, Nora von Waldstätten, Christoph Bach, Rodney El Haddad and Julia Hummer. Written by David Hudson. A joint French-German production, co-written and directed by Olivier Assayas, Carlos was originally made as a three-part, five hour TV mini-series. It’s now been edited down to 165 minutes for worldwide cinematic release. It tells the story of Carlos the Jackal; one of the world’s most notorious terrorists, whose heyday ran from the mid-70s up until the end of the cold war. Born Ilich Ramírez Sánchez in Venezeula in 1949, Carlos was a committed and cold revolutionary who likened himself to Che Guevera, but who’s own personal war against capitalism and imperialism took in a more random and international selection of victims.
- 10/30/2010
- by David Hudson
- Pure Movies
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