Sin Nombre

         In tonight’s free film ( I volunteered again) I saw what my new friend’s sister may have seen in the 3^rd world countries she journeyed to. I also saw what  many of my current friends have seen and will see in Middle American countries like Cambodia, Guatemala and other Latin American locations.

            What I saw was horrifying. Gang murders, sexual assault and general mayhem. Hate to tell you people but you can get the same things in downtown Philadelphia.  Why bother leaving to another country. I tell you why, for the same reason I to traveled via 105 bus fro  bye way of R5 train  into Bryn Mawr. Where another friend used to live.  My friends will all remain nameless. I don’t want to draw too much attention to any of them. What I do want to draw immediate attention to is the injustice my voyaging friends are traveling to avenge and see for themselves. This deplorable plague on humanity. This film is an eye opener to those of us like myself who are state bound and captive to the man.

            This film however was not a complete winner. It was hard to follow at times and not breathtaking and motivationally captivating.  All foreign films should to hold us ignorant (Northern)  Americansto the screen. On the small screen late at night they are too fall back to sleep to. In a large art house theaters like The Bryn Mawr Film Institute they are supposed to grab your allegedly undivided attention and keep you focused on the prize. This screenplay did not. The acting did it’s best however.  The storyline was as imperfect as the seemingly  sudden but most anxiously anticipated ending. Which was somehow predicable. Are you confused yet. Wait till you see this movie. It was one hour and thirty six minutes of travesty. Some say that is appropriate considering the topic of this film I do not.

                                                      Grade C+