Merging-with-truth Review of The Golden Collars

The Golden Collars (2012)

It's worth watching even if you dislike the Iranian government

[9/10 · 28 December 2018]

This is a good quality action movie that presents the Iranian government's narrative of the disputed 2009-elections. Much of the charged sentiments of that period have already dissipated in Iran even though its negative repercussions have continued to this day, not least of which has been painful economic sanctions against Iranian people and permanent isolation of many Iranian "reformist" leaders. But after a decade with the ill will of US and British governments against Iran more than ever reaffirmed by the Iranians, I think they can watch this movie with an open mind to the possibility of foreign conspiracy in that bitter chapter of Iranian contemporary history. The plot is fairly sophisticated, the action parts interesting, and the actors represent real people, with altered names for some intelligence officers, and the political narrative is thought provoking, hence my 9 stars.