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Few directors have had as eclectic a career as Robert Schwentke. His 2002 German-language debut Tattoo — a slick Se7en-style serial-killer thriller — got the attention of Hollywood, and he initially appeared to be on the classic studio-director track, helming the Jodie Foster-starrer Flightplan, the all-star action hit Red and its sequel, and, most recently, the G.I. Joe movie Snake Eyes with Henry Golding and Andrew Koji.

But even from the start, Schwentke was a difficult director to pigeonhole. Best known for his action thrillers, he also took time to direct the romantic sci-fi drama The Time Traveler’s Wife with Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, the supernatural comic-book adaptation R.I.P.D. with Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges, and two films in the Divergent YA sci-fi franchise with Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort.

He has also continued to make smaller, more personal, German movies. The Family Jewels, his 2003 follow-up to Tattoo, is...

Chicago – In one of the more truthful and contemporary films of 2017, “In the Fade” is a German/French production about the fallout due to a terrorist act. What it also emphasizes is the generated hatred, frustration and waste of such acts, and its textual story is stunning and distressing.

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Diane Kruger portrays the victim of terrorism in the film. She is an international actor who has appeared in American films (“Inglourious Basterds,” “National Treasure”) and completely owns the tenor of what happens in this period of her character’s life. It is a classic collaboration between her and the director/co-writer Fatih Akin, running through a horrid laundry list of dreaded emotional reactions, while also expressing the toughness and need-for-help that is necessary to survive. As a statement about terrorism, it is an ultimate one in a sense, as to where we will all end up if it continues.

In The Fade Magnolia Pictures Director: Fatih Akin Written by: Fatih Akin, Hark Boh, Cast: Diane Kruger, Denis Moschitto, Johannes Krisch, Samia Chancrin, Numan Acar Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 11/18/17 Opens: December 27, 2017 Now that right-wing parties are arising, the stage is set for the movie industry to capitalize on the dangers we […]

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Sneak Peek footage, plus images from director Fatih Akin's award-winning dramatic feature "In the Fade" (aka "Aus dem Nichts"), starring Diane Kruger ("Inglourious Basterds"):

"...'Katja', married to 'Nuri Sekerci' has a 5-year-old son, living in Hamburg, Germany.

"She first met Nuri when she was a student and bought hash from him, then marrying him when he was serving time in prison for drug trafficking.

"Studying while in prison, Nuri is released, to work at a translation and tax office.

"She drops their son off at her husband’s office in the afternoon. When Katja returns for him in the evening, she finds the road blocked. A policeman tells her that a man and a child have been killed in an attack, that they say is not terrorism, but revenge from drug traffickers.

"Katja is so despndent she sees no reason to continue living...until she decides on taking revenge.