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Advantages: A powerful story Disadvantages: Quite traumatic
. Khadra has written two other books, In the Name of God and Wolf Dreams.
The story
In a war-torn Kabul run by the Taliban, the lives of its citizens are being slowly destroyed, particularly two couples; Mohsen and Zunaira, and Atiq and Musarrat. Mohsen had dreams of becoming a diplomat; Zunaira wanted to become a magistrate, now the two of them are living in poverty. Atiq is a prison guard, who spends his days with those condemned to death; then when he goes home in the evening, he is faced with his wife, Musarrat, who is slowly dying a long painful death.
Following a twist of fate, the two couples lives are intertwined. Can the new relationships forged help to save the couples from their seemingly cruel fate?
The characters
Mohsen and Zunaira are definitely the easiest couple to fathom. Both are young and educated; both had ...
SILK.
This film has some advanced theoretical science in regard to worm holes, electromagnetic waves and Anti gravity.
It deals with Japanese scientist, Hashimoto who is the inventor of the 'Menger Sponge'. When used it traps all free energy within a small radius.
With it he can walk on ceilings, slow down time and even trap 'Ghosts'.
The film starts with the hideous deaths of some residents of a block of apartments. The specialist team is brought in and soon they have a ghost trapped, the ghost of a young boy with a sad and disturbing past.
But soon the team start dieing, who is he escaping from the impenetrable room. What is he wordlessly saying?
What horrors is he about to inflict on the world? Does the ghost and the Menger sponge hold the secret of immortality? And how will Hashimoto turn it to his advantage ...
MaldivesHoliday 11.04.2009
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Advantages: A SPOOKY FILM !! Disadvantages: Nothing
SILK.
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~Introduction~
Japanese scientist, Hashimoto, has invented the 'Menger Sponge' which is a black hole for electromagnetic waves. The Menger sponge traps and stores energy and when it is full it can defy gravity, basically "Anti Gravity".
But with unexpected side effects, Very Scary side effects.
~Synopsis~
In an apartment block a man has died, a horrible ghastly death. The Menger team are brought in and find a ghost, the ghost of a young boy. They spray the room with Menger spores to trap him inside and then set about trying to discover who he is, why he died, what he is doing there and what is he saying when he speaks, wordlessly.
The inventor of the Menger sponge brings into his team, a kind of super cop. He is clever, fast and has a special talent. He can read lips, perhaps even the lips of the dead ...
Maximus-Qualitus 20.02.2009
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