Review of The East

The East (2013)
7/10
Out of balance
11 April 2013
Warning: Spoilers
A well made but overly simplistic condemnation of corporate America. The eco-terrorist anarchists are presented as righteous while imperfect, yet only corrupt examples of corporate America are there to represent the seemingly, inevitably flawed state of capitalism. If some individuals are evil, does that make all individuals bad. The filmmakers here could point out that they didn't actually put all the corporate eggs in one basket, but the implication by omission is there.

Interesting and very well played characters, especially Brit Marling as a corporate undercover agent caught in the middle.

This will no doubt play well with the "Avatar" audience.
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