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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} A 2006 film with dark political satire by Robert Howard, starring Donald Sutherland and Ralph Fiennes. It explores themes of revolution, terrorism, freedom and memory, playing on many real historical examples. Line 14: At last Joe appears to submit, but outside people are revolting anew. Thorne is killed by his wife in the bath, a la Marat, and the boy nephew of Junior is put in power. Joe, however, being part of the revolution before, also refuses to follow this restoration, so he is left in prison. It becomes unclear what is real or not as he writes of his experiences, apparently hallucinating visits by his family. A reference by Thorne earlier about Rudolf Hess being left alone in jail, with it torn down after he died because the memory of him is too much, gets born out with Joe. He knows too much and will not side with any oppressor. {{tropelist}} ~~=== This film contains examples of: ===~~ * [[Full -Circle Revolution]] - People become disgusted with the new regime, restoring the old. The "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" bit is Lampshaded when Joe says "under the old regime man exploited man, but since the revolution it's the other way around." * [[La Résistance]] - Citizens for Justice and Democracy, an opposition movement that become terrorists due to government repression. When they take over, it doesn't go well. Line 30: * [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized]] - Like many [[Real Life]] examples, they are no heroes themselves on taking power. * [[Two Plus Torture Makes Five]] - In the reeducation camp inmates are taught "A dry crust of bread is better than nothing, but nothing is better than a big juicy steak. And therefore?...A dry crust of bread is better than a big juicy steak." Plus of course "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down." General [[Mind Screw]]. See '''[~~http://en.~~[wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_four_terms~~:Fallacy of four terms\|Four terms fallacy]]''' * [[Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters]] - It is specifically mentioned that even before taking power, they bomb soft targets, imposing "order" by force in lawless areas, collecting "taxes" and using power drills on the kneecaps of people who resist it, referencing the Provisional IRA in Northern Ireland. After they're in power, of course, things go even more wrong. Line 36: {{reflist}} [[Category:Films of the 2000s]] [[Category:Land Ofof ~~The~~the Blind]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Film]]