By Ben Streeter

In the epic French movie Outside the Law directed by Rachid Bouchareb the battle of Algeria against French colonization of the area unfolds. The movie was banned from the Cannes Film festival due to remaining French feelings about the loss of Algeria. The movie was heavily for the independence of Algeria, however nothing was sugar coated. While the film was about Algeria the underlying theme was brotherhood, literal and figuratively. Three brothers are attempting to make a name for themselves while attempting to avenge the lives of their Algerian people who were brutally massacred by French militants in the first half of the 20th century. The movie while dark and graphic told a story of true happenings and is very important to the French people. The movie maybe difficult for Americans because it was with subtitles however the fighting and action aspect of it would definitely attract many Americans. Over all I would rate this movie a 3 out of 5 only because it wasn't my kind of movie however as a movie it was very well done.