Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Leofwine_draca DARFUR is an attempt by German exploitation film director Uwe Boll to do something a bit different from his usual horror pictures and video game adaptations. This one looks at the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and explores some of the atrocities carried out on innocent villagers by some truly sadistic characters.It's pretty simplistic stuff with Boll getting hold of a recognisable cast (most of whom have previously appeared in Boll movies) and then taking them on a tour of horror. Some reviewers have complained about the shaky camera-work but it honestly didn't bother me, but the eventual scenes of the atrocities did. Not that I was awed or disturbed by the violence here; instead, it soon becomes all too apparent that Boll is merely emulating similar scenes in the likes of BLOOD DIAMOND, THE KILLING FIELDS, and in particular RAMBO which seems to be the main reference point.It's all very numbing and oddly irrelevant; the viewer is never really caught up in the events which are rather repetitive and even a bit comic book style. Boll also makes the mistake of building his central characters early on and then giving them nothing to do. The likes of Billy Zane, Edward Furlong, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Matt Frewer, and David O'Hara just have to react to the violence and that's it. Some of the acting is very wooden too - I'm looking at you, Kristanna Loken.

TrevMoses This is one of those rare films where you are one with the film and it emotionally wipes you out. If you're not a fan of his, my advice to you is forget that Uwe Boll made the film but remember that he made it when you're finished watching it: it seems like he actually can make good films.Filmed in South Africa, DARFUR (aka ATTACK ON DARFUR) deals with a group of journalists ~ among them David O'Hara, Billy Zane and Kristanna Loken ~ who travel to a Darfuri village in the Sudan. The people there live in fear of the marauding Janjaweed militia who attack the villages, killing, raping and pillaging and the journalists are there to expose the horrors of the Janjaweed. While the journalists are there, the Janjaweed arrive and the journalists are forced to flee, leaving the villagers at the mercy of the looters. While on the run, the journalists are faced with either getting back home or going back and making a stand............I saw this film at its' premiere in Cape Town on March 18th 2010 and was shocked, horrified and deeply disturbed by it ~ the violence is unrelenting, the you-are-there camera-work puts you in the centre of the action, Jessica de Rooij's music prepares you for something bad to happen (when it does, you are totally unprepared) and the acting is topnotch.Several people walked out of the screening as they couldn't take the violence and the horrific images: I burst into tears at the end where, in the midst of so much violence, death and destruction, a tiny, heart-rending sound of life is heard and I couldn't sleep that night, nor could I eat. The producer Chris Roland addressed us that night, apologizing to us if we came there to be entertained as "Uwe and myself didn't set out to entertain anyone".Brilliant is too weak a term for how great this film is.

Richard De Vries a reviewer here called it "badly made exploitative violence pornography". and thats exactly what it is.To be more specific: Mr Boll took "idi I smotri" /check it on IMDb/ and thought: lets copy the ultra violence village burning scene 1:1 and stretch into 1 full hour. then we sell it as an "eye opener" and ride the same wave Schindlers List did in the early 90ies. There will also be a whole generation of people who have never seen "Idi I smotri" (or similar movies) and thus will think "Darfur" is unique.furthermore: how could ANYONE possibly ever doubt or criticize the "moral message" Darfur pretends to convey? those people must be either blatant racists or plain inhuman retards. no? perfect! oh .... "SPOILER WARNING"... the first half of the movie is a cheese feast that would almost pass as a parody. one thousand color filtered close ups of smiling children and happy, peaceful villagers. Even the plumpness of "i wear glasses, thus, I am civilized" is not withheld. Some reviewer pointed out,that Boll doesn't care a fart about darfur and their people, and I found this blatantly obvious as well.The other half of this movie is a chaotic gore feast. Boll, always a pioneer in misstepping, has a hundred children and babies slaughtered. And then some more. and why not? its the simple formula of all pornography: "its disgusting and despicable, but i just cant take my eyes of this woman's lovely breasts. lets have some more". Darfur is indeed a truly cheap attempt to harvest money from the naive, and boll does -again- and admirable job of having no shame to violate anything that is exploitable.I would assume only the very young or blessedly unknowing of any mass market popcorn media truly fall for bolls petty ploy. Everybody else should feel insulted by this fraud of a film.Only the truly nasty laugh and laugh about this movie. like Mr. Boll, when he reads the user reviews by people who felt "truly moved".

jarettgage Darfur is a terrible movie. Plain and simple. There are a myriad of reasons why Uwe Boll needs to stop making movies. Somehow, "Darfur" maybe worse that Uwe Boll's "Blood Rayne" movies (and that is saying something). I can go on and on about how the pacing in the movie is wonky; how everyone's characterization is lacking; or how it is the most disorganized movie I've ever seen. The most annoying thing about the movie was the cinematography. In a misguided attempt to make it look "realistic", the movie is shown like it was filmed on a camcorder. The camera sways to and fro constantly, even in places where the camera shouldn't be wobbling. It looks more like the camera man was drunk and losing his balance. This is a poorly made movie that is mockery on the subject matter and proof that Uwe Boll needs to stop making movies.