I longed for years to see this movie because it has a very favourite theme. The main protagonist is split between personal and common good. He and his fellow police officers scour the city in search of a vial of rare blood in order to save his wife who is going to be operated and about to deliver his child...
At lasts he finds the precious vial but before he gets to the hospital a psychopath is on the loose and steals a bus full of children......
Anyway, the movie is well made and successful if it is seen as a study of suspense or its purpose is to move the audience. It definitely has its good moments....
However, the movie is full of unjustified suspense and the plot is exaggerated. It can't be so difficult to find blood in a hospital, even O negative - only one vial was found and that was expired!- Only after the protagonist visits the last hospital, a doctor provides him with a list of blood donors. Instead of phone them, the protagonist looks for them by the police's car... When he gets into a tavern he hunts the donor, who happens to be a crook, instead of asking the people there for help! How can they all be so reckless?
Maybe the director wanted to highlight the indifference of the Greek state or just create agony to the viewer.....
Maybe the director wanted to highlight the indifference of the Greek state or just create agony to the viewer.....
