Baader- Meinhof Complex

In the beginning of this movie I was not very engaged. The moment the extremist began to protest against the German government was when it got interesting. It reminded me much of the other movies and photos when the same thing was happening here in America during the Vietnam War era. Riots became an everyday occurance and the voices of outsiders and extremists were non-existent. German authorities went above and beyond what I believe was the necessary action. Extremist were being physically abused and even killed in the chaos. As the movie went on extremist took a similar approach as the German government. They began to form organized groups with well planned out actions to counter the German authorities and make their actions heard. However, towards the end, those groups started to get a little too complacent and began to lose complete control of their organized plans. Each member slowly were taken to jail or even killed. The movie was interesting. It put in prospective what I was too young to see. Little did I know, these revolts took place around the world and not just here in America. Its unfortunate we did not make it to the ending.