Year: 2010
Directors: Koen Mortier
Writers: Koen Mortier
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Rick McGrath
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
Films featuring ghosts generally fall into three broad categories: horror, comedy, and romance – apparently boring genres for Flemish writer/director Koen Mortier, who, in 22nd of May, conjures up a fascinating existential afterlife story about pain, guilt, death… and a suicide bomber.
The story itself is quite simple – a terrorist blows up himself and a clutch of shoppers in a smallish city mall. Our doomed shopping center features mall cop Sam, a sadsack semi-security guard who lives alone and who spends his workday chatting with merchants, evicting bums and answering banal questions from shoppers and delivery men. Today he’s done his rounds and is outside the mall, standing on the sidewalk, not really paying attention to anything. Then kaboom – a substantial bomb goes off. Sam is blasted to the ground, slowly...
Directors: Koen Mortier
Writers: Koen Mortier
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Rick McGrath
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
Films featuring ghosts generally fall into three broad categories: horror, comedy, and romance – apparently boring genres for Flemish writer/director Koen Mortier, who, in 22nd of May, conjures up a fascinating existential afterlife story about pain, guilt, death… and a suicide bomber.
The story itself is quite simple – a terrorist blows up himself and a clutch of shoppers in a smallish city mall. Our doomed shopping center features mall cop Sam, a sadsack semi-security guard who lives alone and who spends his workday chatting with merchants, evicting bums and answering banal questions from shoppers and delivery men. Today he’s done his rounds and is outside the mall, standing on the sidewalk, not really paying attention to anything. Then kaboom – a substantial bomb goes off. Sam is blasted to the ground, slowly...
- 11/26/2010
- QuietEarth.us
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.