Hunger

This movie is truly disturbing. Not in a horror or gore sense, but in a way Ive never really seen done in a film before. It made me feel utter contempt for some of the acts mankind are capable of doing as I sat in awe of the skill in film-making, shot composition and acting.

Its a movie about the hunger strikes of the IRA in northern Ireland in the 80's filmed by Steve McQueen who Ive heard a lot of buzz about (and rightly so) and starring the man of the moment Michael Fassbender who has grown even closer to becoming the new Daniel Day Lewis for me after his turn as the lead character in this film. He does a bit of a Christian Bale and starves himself in real life to show how weak and disgusting the actual men would have looked in the 80's and at one point he is bent over and his rib cage is sticking out from him like a weird breast or something and he is playing with it. It was terrifying.

This movie is utterly amazing but is also truly horrifying so I only recommend watching it when you can handle having thoughts running rampant in your head for a few weeks about how evil people can be, wondering why humans do what they do and what it must feel like to have such conviction to your cause that you will starve yourself and others to make a point to another countries government.

SCORE:9/10

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