Paul Greengrass, Netflix enter 2018 awards race with timely '22 July' | Review
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Despite being overlong and often overwrought, Paul Greengrass' film detailing the events and aftermath of the horrific Norwegian terror attacks of July 22, 2011 offers a disturbingly timely meditation on xenophobic extremism. 22 July offers a painstaking recreation of the days' events, showing Anders Behring Breivik (Anders Danielsen Lie) meticulously preparing his attack on the Labour Party government that he blames for allowing an influx of immigrants that are destroying the identity of Norway. Breivik's attack consists of detonating a car bomb near the residence of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Ola G. Furuseth) and, while posing as a police officer, attacking a Workers' Youth League summer camp on the island of Utoya, where he guns down 69 innocent children. The 77 casualties is the largest death toll in Norway since World War II, and launches a political, legal, and social crusade to understand why the attacks happened.
Paul Greengrass, Netflix enter 2018 awards race with timely '22 July' | Review
Paul Greengrass, Netflix enter 2018 awards…
Paul Greengrass, Netflix enter 2018 awards race with timely '22 July' | Review
Despite being overlong and often overwrought, Paul Greengrass' film detailing the events and aftermath of the horrific Norwegian terror attacks of July 22, 2011 offers a disturbingly timely meditation on xenophobic extremism. 22 July offers a painstaking recreation of the days' events, showing Anders Behring Breivik (Anders Danielsen Lie) meticulously preparing his attack on the Labour Party government that he blames for allowing an influx of immigrants that are destroying the identity of Norway. Breivik's attack consists of detonating a car bomb near the residence of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Ola G. Furuseth) and, while posing as a police officer, attacking a Workers' Youth League summer camp on the island of Utoya, where he guns down 69 innocent children. The 77 casualties is the largest death toll in Norway since World War II, and launches a political, legal, and social crusade to understand why the attacks happened.