Walk on Water (2004)

                                    Walk on Water (2004)

            Walk on Water (2004) directed by Eytan Fox follows an Israeli agent named Eyal who main purpose is to find and kill various Nazi war criminals. In the beginning of the film Eyal discovers that his wife has committed suicide because of his job This act interferes with his way of thinking throughout the film. The main mission is giving to him pretty early Eyal is giving a mission to track down and murder  Alfred Himmelman, who is  an ex-Nazi officer, who is being hidden by his family. Pretending to be a tourist guide he gets close to Himmelman grandson Axel and his granddaughter Pia. During there time together the form a close bond and become friends. One night Pia told Axel that their mother and father were hiding Himmelman to keep him safe.

            Throughout this film there were many elements that stood out to me. First was the lighting. The film had a very dark and gritty feel to it. This type of lighting technique is often used to build suspense.  The next element that played a huge role in the film was the camera angles.  Throughout the movie there were a lot of close up and mid shots used to show connection between the actors. Which leads me to my last element, which is very important for a film to be successful, is the acting.   Lior Ashkenazi did a fantastic job playing the protagonist. His acting was very believable and the audience could really relate to this character.

             Conflict is the theme of this movie: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the acceptance of gay men by heterosexual men and young Germans with their country's history. The storyline set in modern-day Turkey, Israel and Germany. What started out, as a very promising film it began to drag out toward the end. For example I was waiting for something exciting to happen but it never did. It leads the audiences in several different directions.

            The use of language throughout the film is very realistic and the English text is direct and simplistic. The characters can be forgiven for their language abilities since English is their second language. I would recommend it to a friend to see because it did have flashes of brilliance. The cinematography was very interesting, and the acting was on par. As I said the only problem I had was the misleading storyline but other then that I found this film to be quite interesting.  I would give this film a 7 out of 10 stars.