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LiberalJustice
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03 Sep 2009, 6:39 pm

What do you think of the movie, OT?


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03 Sep 2009, 6:48 pm

Pretty boring though tbh can't remember much of it, was few years ago. But didn't enjoy it much at the time and haven't seen it again.


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03 Sep 2009, 9:07 pm

Its a great movie,it shows what the drug companies get up to in Africa where they can poison people for profit without hindrance.
The ending would have been better if he took a few of them with him with the handgun he had -the scum sent to kill him I mean.



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03 Sep 2009, 9:38 pm

Liked it. The details might've been fictionalized, but it seems awfully plausible. I forget if it's from that movie, but it brings to mind the line "it's Africa," meaning if it's bad and happening in Africa the world doesn't care -- i.e. the Somalis having european ships dumping toxic waste into their waters. Also, I've read Monsanto has been selling some countries in Africa genetically engineered corn seeds -- the seeds can germinate, but result in infertile corn that can't be used as seed. So the people have no choice but to keep buying these mutant seeds every year. They can never become self-sufficient from Monsanto.

I only know of John LeCarre from the movies (TCG and "The Tailor of Panama" (one of my favorites)), but he does seem a little fatalistic. Nonetheless, I like the movies.


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