In the Land of Blood and Honey
In the Land of Blood and Honey
R | 23 December 2011 (USA)
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During the Bosnian War, Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, re-encounters Ajla, a Bosnian who's now a captive in his camp he oversees. Their once promising connection has become ambiguous as their motives have changed.

Reviews
CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!
GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.
SteinMo What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.
Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.
drrodrigohermida I hesitated before seeing this movie. In general I do not like movies that show too horrors of war, not because I want to ignore the darkest moments of human history, but because usually I try to make the movie business a more pleasant experience. That said ... not too convinced I saw the movie. Obviously tells a story from the point of view that the director decided. Maybe many in Serbia do not like it looks for them, but unfortunately, what it shows is what happened. The findings of mass graves, the stories of mass rapes, concentration camps, snipers, ethnic cleansings, etc show what the world knows (or has been known as discovering more horrors). However, the director has the obvious right to tell the story that comes to mind from her the point of view. If the Serbs do not like, then make their own movie showing Muslims as evil. From the cinematographic point of view, it is not the most brilliant film of the century, but also to give it 1 or 2 star or say it's the worst movie in the world? Please! Perhaps so many negative reviews it has is because it gave a key ... really says something then.
Neda Delic First of all, I want to mention that I haven't watched the movie nor will I because of personal reasons and also because it just isn't appealing enough to me. I don't know much about what happened during the Bosnian war nor the other Yugoslav wars simply because I wasn't born then yet. I've read stories and heard different interpretations of the misdeeds and atrocities that happened, as well as of the reasons why it all happened. I will conclude only one thing and that is that "it's very complicated" as one of the characters said himself. Therefore I think that Angelina Jolie, someone who comes from a country that has committed many misdeeds and was, in my opinion, very much involved in the atrocities that happened in the Balkans, had no business interpreting these events in her own way and making it into a highly publicized movie. I won't say that her interpretation is completely inaccurate, but she covered only one side of the story, while ignoring the other, deliberately or not. I personally believe that she didn't have bad intentions, she just didn't observe all the aspect and was full of prejudice and bias towards Serbian people, which is consequently creating a wrong picture in the world. It was just too much for her to take on and handle as it is such a controversial topic and it entails a great deal of responsibility. Reading the comments and the reviews of this movie made me realize that the movie had such a bad impact on interpersonal relations between people of different nationalities and religions in the Balkans, where the tension was already running high, that it made the situation significantly worse.To those who want to read about this war as I believe it happened, I recommend reading this: http://www.balkanstudies.org/articles/understanding-balkan-wars To summarize, a war is something you have to live through in order to know enough to make a movie about it and present it to the world. This specific war is particularly difficult and traumatic because of the number of innocent victims and the tragic consequences that are still appreciable. Therefore I think Angelina shouldn't have made this movie (this way) because it just reminds all the people who survived the war of the tragic events, as well as the unresolved issues and repressed feelings that are still very present. In the times when we are trying to break free from the past and make things better, this kind of reminder is not welcome.
Maximus1985 After reading most of the reviews.I had to write one myself.The Movie is unique.To my surprise it was pretty GOOD. And i cant wait to see another film by Angelina Jolie - UNBROKEN.By seeing the number of reviews, i say the movie did well as to how many viewers wanted to say something and that they actually watched the movie. Angelina Jolie is on my watch list, there is a view directors that can do these kind of Movie Genre.This movie is part of my collection. The umbrage reviews,that is your opinion. Great and a have to watch Movie.
Lasher820 For those of you who are wondering whether this is a good film or a bad film, you can't judge it that way. This is a fictional film about a very real situation that happened in the Croation / Serbian / Balkan Regions in the 90's. Most Americans know nothing of the horrors that went on during this time period because American Media and Popular World media gave it very little coverage at best, but mostly no coverage at all of what was really happening.This is about the genocide in the Bosnian / Serb War. It depicts many points of view, form a Muslim's POV to A Serb's POV and many POV's in between. Serbians feared that Muslims were taking over leadership and with the help of Propaganda fueled a hatred of Muslims in the region. It was very similar to what happened to the Jews in Nazi Germany. Neighbors and friends turned on each other. Lovers and Families were ripped apart. Women in captivity were raped and killed, children slaughtered; and the World pretty much ignored the whole situation.Angelina Jolie learned of the conflict and researched into it and was horrified by what happened and how it was not something the media seemed to care about. She wanted to tell a story to make people aware of it, but she wanted it to be true and heartfelt.The story revolves around a Muslim Woman and a conservative Serbian Army Commander and His Father and the conflict and it does jump around and give you different perspectives. It unflinchingly looks a rape of captive women in times of conflict. It's not your typical blockbuster action packed thrill ride, or your "chick flick" romantic type movie......it's an emotional roller coaster of love, hate, politics, religion, genocide, shame, guilt, pain and loss.If you find history boring or fictionalized stories interwoven with true events tedious, then you will hate this film. But if you are interested in something you may not know much about, this film is a great introduction and insight into the happenings during this war. It will most likely make you want to research more about it, dig at the truth and the aftermath. This movie is haunting and beautiful and disturbing and dark....it's not going to be everyone's idea of a good film, but in my opinion it was fantastic!