Suicide Killers (2006)

Director:

Pierre Rehov

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A documentary that examines the psychopathology behind suicide bombers - which ultimately reveals what makes them tick!

Plot Keywords:

Suicide Bomber | Palestine | Feminism | Sexual Repression | Terrorism

Cast

Chadhoorth Djawann	...	French-Iranian Author
Jacinto Dumbal	...	Psychologist (as Dr. Jacinto Dumbal)
Judge Dumbroso	...	Director of Anti-Terror, UN
Boaz Ganor	...	Founder of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism
Michael Medeiros	...	Narrator (voice)
Eyad Sarraj	...	Psychiatrist at the Gaza Mental Health Institute (as Dr. Eyad Sarraj)

Directed by
Pierre Rehov

Produced by
Michael Almog	....	executive producer
Danny Fisher	....	executive producer
Jack Fisher	....	executive producer
Pierre Rehov	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Califra

Cinematography by
Al Mada

Film Editing by
Alexandre Adam
Leandro Carbonell
Yury Tacher
Dylan Thuras

Production Management
Lisa Magnas	....	executive in charge of production

Other crew
Michael Califra	....	executive in charge of development
Frank Fattori	....	production assistant

Distributors

• City Lights Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• City Lights Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (video)
• Eagle Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
• VVS Films (2007) (Canada) (all media)

Runtime:

USA:80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Italian | Arabic | French | Hebrew | Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA (2007)

Often Disturbing

These days I expect a documentary to be precise in the subject it pretends to approach and mostly, not boring.

"Suicide Killers" has a good theme. Terrorism by suicide bombers is a "trend" this days and everyone seems to be expecting the next news flash about it.

A first person view of the whole psychological side of this type of warfare, the motivations for such acts has to exist.

Both politics and religion are the two subjects used in the process of explaining to the viewer what makes a suicide bomber tick. Being a martyr seems to be a good thing and every family accepts very well that they're offspring kills other people in the name of Allah becoming some kind of hero who goes to heaven.

Mostly the reasons for such acts are based in matters which western society takes for granted such as the right to have sex (without offending Allah) or marry someone. Normal things that Islam society denies so many times and so many people need. People who live in poverty and among war conflicts that never seem to cease. No hope, nothing to really live for but something to die for as it seems... An oppression based on some old premises written long time ago and defy all logic.

Anyway. Overall it's always nice to learn something about the subject but it lacks something. It lacks "in your face" graphic content for example. In my opinion this kind of documentary has to really make a point about something as bad as this. I liked the fact that most people interviewed are actually candidates to martyr status which delivers a good dosage of realism and veridical content but in the end I could have felt more the drama of the whole situation. We get to see some blood and few guts but really wanted to feel bad about it all and I can't say I did.

6/10