I first knew of this film because of a quote at the beginning of a song. After a little research, I found that it came from this film and, finding the synopsis interesting, watched it. I found several other mind-blowing quotes, and a sense of fear that normally lies controlled under all the illusory security and freedom our governments force unto us via the media machinery and embedded social standards to keep the masses happy in their ignorance. I am not strange to that feeling, since I may know too much for my own good, and also like to do my best to fight this putrid system we were all born into. Punishment Park is shocking because it is happening. I've seen it. While your average Joe rants about the increase in taxes while drowning his frustration in a can of beer, there are others who actually take action. And are at risk of suffering the torments of the so-called "law" in the name of a distorted justice and self-created ideals such as patriotism or morality. The "judges" portrayed in this film do exist, full of absurd and obsolete ideas, believing to be the voice of reason, while those who actually speak sense are treated like criminals, gagged and beaten by the arm of the law, individuals just like any other people who, by the almighty and imaginary power of state, are given the authority to command and do as they please with the common citizen. This movie is not a false documentary. It's a depiction of what has been happening for years in America, in Europe, in Asia, in every continent and with every government. You, thinking you can be as free as you can possibly imagine, whose biggest worries are what to have for dinner, take heed. The body lying on the pavement could be you, murdered by those who claim to come in the name of peace. "At another time, the honorable thing or the right thing to do might be to be a policeman or to be President. Right now, I think the honorable thing to do is to be a criminal"
