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I watched Swordfish a month ago, but i will remember it for quite a long time. You see, until now, it is by far the most exciting, breath - taking film thah has been shown in Greece this Summer ( 2001 ). It seems that John Travolta made the right decision when he trusted in collaborating with Dominic Sena. The film is packed with action and suspense. Fortunately Sena did not trust only in his yellow camera - filters as he had previously done in '' Gone in sixty seconds '', but created great action scenes and adopted quite an interesting way of story - telling. There is also quite a descent script with the main concept being rather unusual compared to other made-in-hollywood-films which deal with terrorism. As far as acting is concerned, everybody put in satisfactory performances.

The film '' Z '' is based upon the same-titled book written by Vassilikos and referring to a real-life event: the assassination of one of the most honorable Greek politicians ( his real name was Grigoris Lambrakis ), who sacrificed his life in the name of peace and human dignity. Costas Gavras did his best to present the prevailing atmosphere and the political situation in Greece ( although Greece is at no point straightly mentioned, but implied ) during May of the year 1963, which is the year when the real events took place. Choosing an adventurous, thrilling or hilarious style according to the facts and scenes presenting at each part of the story, he made an '' all time interesting and provocative '' film. Great acting was also put in by everybody and particularly by Jean-Louis Trintignant, who was great as the Examining Magistrate. As long as the script is concerned, the plot builds up very satisfactorily and carefully, thus not leaving any holes. Great respect should also be paid to Mikis Theodorakis who wrote the original score for the movie, helping it gain the marvelous rythm it retained right until the very end of it. As a concluding remark I would like to mention that anybody who's interested in late Greek history ( from post World War II era to date ) should watch it carefully. The whole result is very rewarding.