The best part is when John Hurt confronts the Belgian peace keeper regarding 'shooting dogs', the rest of the film is so watered down that it makes the Rwandan genocide seem positively tame. Maybe it's because this film has BBC, TV money, but the punch that it packs has nowhere near the impact of its Yugoslav counter parts PRETTY VILLAGE, PRETTY FLAME or WELCOME TO SARAJEVO. It also fails to touch upon the origins of the conflict which it would appear were a result of its Belgium colonial history . Oddly enough, the most impressive part of this movie comes in the end credit sequence which shows you pictures of Rwandan crew members who actually experienced the horror.
Review of Shooting Dogs
