There could have been a much better title than "Escape and Evasion." The film was derivative of Joseph Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness" in the mission of the protagonist to put an end to a monomaniacal rogue commander who lost his equilibrium in the heart of darkness of nineteenth-century Africa.
There was an outstanding performance by the lead actor playing Seth, who sustained the intensity of the commander tasked with locating and killing the deranged Carl Boddi. Another intriguing character was the crusty and world-weary Pennyshaw, the mastermind of the Seth's mission.
A shortcoming of the film was the weak grounding in the geopolitical realities of Myanmar where the Seth's mission occurred. At a time when there is a persecution of the Rohingya people, the filmmakers played loose with the facts in the fictionalized tale of atrocities committed by Boddi. The true story needed to be told.
It seemed like a stretch for a romantic relationship to develop between Seth and the journalist twin sister of Josh, who died on Seth's mission. Rebecca was appalled to learn that Seth had essentially abandoned her brother. Then, all seemed to be well again with Seth and Rebecca commiserating at Josh's funeral. At one point, someone should have said the line, "the horror! The horror!", especially when the main intent of the film emerged as a plea to deal with the horrors of PTSD.
There was ambiguity in the character of Seth, whose explosive temper led him to kill a child. His shooting of a member of his team was ironic in that he was PREVENTING his subordinate from killing another child! It was small consolation to the self-loathing Seth that he was the only survivor after a journey into the heart of dearkness.
There was an outstanding performance by the lead actor playing Seth, who sustained the intensity of the commander tasked with locating and killing the deranged Carl Boddi. Another intriguing character was the crusty and world-weary Pennyshaw, the mastermind of the Seth's mission.
A shortcoming of the film was the weak grounding in the geopolitical realities of Myanmar where the Seth's mission occurred. At a time when there is a persecution of the Rohingya people, the filmmakers played loose with the facts in the fictionalized tale of atrocities committed by Boddi. The true story needed to be told.
It seemed like a stretch for a romantic relationship to develop between Seth and the journalist twin sister of Josh, who died on Seth's mission. Rebecca was appalled to learn that Seth had essentially abandoned her brother. Then, all seemed to be well again with Seth and Rebecca commiserating at Josh's funeral. At one point, someone should have said the line, "the horror! The horror!", especially when the main intent of the film emerged as a plea to deal with the horrors of PTSD.
There was ambiguity in the character of Seth, whose explosive temper led him to kill a child. His shooting of a member of his team was ironic in that he was PREVENTING his subordinate from killing another child! It was small consolation to the self-loathing Seth that he was the only survivor after a journey into the heart of dearkness.