Review of Policeman

An interesting, if flawed, Israeli drama/political thriller. The movie has three acts: in the first act, we are shown the lives of an anti terrorist squad, centered on the life of one of its members. Yaron (Yiftach Klein). In what is clearly the best part of the movie, we see their family lives, their friendships, their macho attitudes. The second part centers on an extreme-left cell composed of just a few young people just out of their teens, seemingly from an upper middle class background. Decrying the inequality of Israeli society, they train with guns at shooting ranges as they plan to move from rhetoric to direct action. This is the weakest part of the film, since they seem so naive, and off putting. They just don't ring true, and less so when one of the kids' fathers, after learning about his son's activities in the clandestine anti capitalist cell , decides to join him in the struggle. The third, final part of the movie (Warning: SPOILERS AHEAD) has the cell decide to kidnap an Israeli billionaire at the wedding of her daughter. The anti terror squad is called to solve the standoff. The ending is for once quite satisfying, almost making up for the very weak middle segment.