I was definitely disappointed by this movie. Gerard Butler is great at action films and the description of this was promising.
Well, it turned out to be a bit shallow. Both in terms of action and storyline.
Who is Roman? They could've used an extra 10 minutes to explain who he is and why he joined the desert cult. But we just see him throwing a lavish party, which is actually "haram" for Muslims. He says "it's all for show". So the viewers believe he is pretending to be Muslim to get the inside scoop.
The film definitely romanticizes Islam as this beautiful, peaceful religion. It's not.
It flips between showing these seemingly beautiful, peaceful Muslim prayers and then Muslims blowing people up and discussing who to kill next. They want the viewers to believe that "those" Muslims are not the real Muslims.
Ignorance is the real enemy.
Well, it turned out to be a bit shallow. Both in terms of action and storyline.
Who is Roman? They could've used an extra 10 minutes to explain who he is and why he joined the desert cult. But we just see him throwing a lavish party, which is actually "haram" for Muslims. He says "it's all for show". So the viewers believe he is pretending to be Muslim to get the inside scoop.
The film definitely romanticizes Islam as this beautiful, peaceful religion. It's not.
It flips between showing these seemingly beautiful, peaceful Muslim prayers and then Muslims blowing people up and discussing who to kill next. They want the viewers to believe that "those" Muslims are not the real Muslims.
Ignorance is the real enemy.