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The East: Directed by Zal Batmanglij. With Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Elliot Page, Toby Kebbell. An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities changing dramatically after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
- (53K)
- Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Zal Batmanglij
- 2013-06-28
The East: Directed by Jim Taihuttu. With Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari, Jonas Smulders, Abel van Gijlswijk. A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands' colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander's elite squad.
- (7K)
- Drama, Thriller, War
- Jim Taihuttu
- 2021-08-13
Rated: 3/4 Aug 23, 2022 Full Review Jordan M. Smith IONCINEMA.com One of those rare films that brings fringe affairs to the fore through broadly entertaining engagement, The East is a fiery ...
- (148)
- Zal Batmanglij
- PG-13
- Brit Marling
The East is a 2013 thriller film directed by Zal Batmanglij and starring Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, and Elliot Page [ a ]. Writers Batmanglij and Marling spent two months in 2009 practicing freeganism and co-wrote a screenplay inspired by their experiences and drawing on thrillers from the 1970s.
Aug 12, 2021 · By Beatrice Loayza. Aug. 12, 2021. The East. Directed by Jim Taihuttu. Drama, Thriller, War. 2h 17m. Find Tickets. When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site ...
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Jun 9, 2013 · Lacking depth or motivation, she is more plot device than protagonist. However, Jane is a Dostoevsky character compared to the members of The East. The movie essentially cancels out its anti-corporate message by falling back on conservative clichés about activism — namely, the idea that activists are all just rich kids angry at their parents.
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The East is actually a three-star film, but gets an extra star for the guts." [12] De Volkskrant reviewer Berend Jan Bockting also gave the film four out of five stars: "Taihuttu shows in great detail how moral awareness can evaporate under specific circumstances, how thoughts about good and evil can be suppressed in favor of war logic.
