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The Match is a taut, claustrophobic thriller
set on the eve of England's crucial Euro 2000 game against
Germany in Belgium.
The tense atmosphere in Brussels has exploded. The streets
are in chaos. David, a surgeon from London, has taken refuge
in a dark alley. But he's not alone for long - two more have
escaped the fighting. He soon discovers this has more to do
with shrapnel wounds than abject fear. And their view of 'combat'
is very, very different. |
Director Leon Chambers
captures an edgy social confrontation. With threatening insight
and allegory, he charts the fans' brief but poignant relationship
as it builds toward a grim realisation of trench mentality.
The Match is a film that portrays fear, defiance and compassion - a coarse depiction
of three characters thrown together on foreign soil. It is a social comment and,
at the same time, a dramatic triage of the worst in human nature. |
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