White Bear

This is one of the best episodes in Black Mirror. It reminded me of Metalhead episode in a sense that I did not enjoy 40 mins of a woman screaming and running without knowing what's happening in that crazy world, but here in White Bear this is exactly the thing; you should at least know that this is pointless torture! It broke my heart when she said "I'm a human being", she begs and cries everyday and yet no one in the show doubted the whole thing! Yes, people can get really cruel and dreadful, especially when they collectively believe that they have the right to judge and punish. The mark on the screens reminded me of the Nazi's swastika, and no surprise that I was very familiar with the euphoria and blind belief of the audience in the episode; we have seen this with Hitler, Rwanda, Middle east, etc. When you're strong and you think you're on the right side/class/race/religion, you can be really really inhumane to the extent that you enjoy repeated pointless torture to a human for THE SAME CRIME.

Very well written and very well acted as well.

A young woman wakes up from unconsciousness with complete amnesia. Not knowing who she is or where she is, she begins to wander around and it becomes increasingly clear to her that something is seriously wrong. All the people she encounters stare at her in complete silence and record her with mobile phones, keeping a safe distance at all times. And then masked lunatics begin to appear, trying in every way to get to her, completely ignoring the silent observers.

Almost everything I want to comment on this episode would spoil it to those who have not seen it yet. The series has gone a step further and sci-fi drama, that characterized the previous episodes, here is brought to the brink of horror. A mysterious story, good acting and even better directing build a creepy and tense atmosphere, which culminates in a completely unexpected twist. All sorts of theories went through my head, but at no point was I even close to grasping what it was all about. Original and very effective.

8/10.

White Bear is another superb episode of Black Mirror, definitely one of the best of the early seasons. Lenora Crichlow is terrific as the main character, and her bizarre scenario is terrifically exciting and enthralling. The twist is huge, and delivered in such a way, that you lose all empathy for the 'victim.' it's a very visual episode, it looks incrediy stylish, the story is such, that it stays with you, it certainly gets you wondering.

One of the best. 9/10

It was out of the wildest possible imagination that my mind could conjure up.

And Damn! You made me question my morality.

People giving negative reviews mostly because they feel provoked by the un-ethical approach but that's what the story is about. The very idea of the BM is to show ethically questionable behaviour in the future made available by new technologies.

The movie does not say "this is how the future should look like". It's just presenting dystopian thoughts to make you think.