marcelthemaoist
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I give this a 6, only because the movie is worth watching as entertainment (5 points) and an extra point because it is BASED on actual events and people in the neo nazi and far-right movement in Canada.
I don't really understand the other viewer thought American History X is so much more realistic or powerful; in my opinion it is not. It only has better acting and more violence.
The acting is not horrible in "White Lies", but about what you would expect from a made for TV Canadian film.
The organization "NIM" can be roughly compared to the real life group "Heritage Front" and events that happened mostly in Toronto in the early 1990s.
The anti-racists are not well represented in the film, which is usual for any neo nazi film, and the neo Nazis are portrayed as supermen who always win fights, or else it takes ten or twenty of their enemies to beat them.
Everything from the young women defecting in the end, arson, fights after concerts and suicide is based on actual events that happened in Ontario, Canada.
I won't get in to more details as to not spoil it, but this movie is a must see for anyone interested in anti-racist studies and the cultural impact of actual far-right movements in North America.
I don't really understand the other viewer thought American History X is so much more realistic or powerful; in my opinion it is not. It only has better acting and more violence.
The acting is not horrible in "White Lies", but about what you would expect from a made for TV Canadian film.
The organization "NIM" can be roughly compared to the real life group "Heritage Front" and events that happened mostly in Toronto in the early 1990s.
The anti-racists are not well represented in the film, which is usual for any neo nazi film, and the neo Nazis are portrayed as supermen who always win fights, or else it takes ten or twenty of their enemies to beat them.
Everything from the young women defecting in the end, arson, fights after concerts and suicide is based on actual events that happened in Ontario, Canada.
I won't get in to more details as to not spoil it, but this movie is a must see for anyone interested in anti-racist studies and the cultural impact of actual far-right movements in North America.