I
think its supposed to be the story of a grass-root revolutionary movement, if
that wasn’t the point – then I get it! No
grenade in the pig’s petrol
tank for this lot, direct action is not their
thing. The self led duo (which, unconvincingly, becomes a trio – see photo) is
all about hearts and minds – and screwing them around by breaking into the homes
of wealthy bourgeois pig-dogs and re-arranging the furniture (in a zany
mother’s-crystal-in-the-bog kind of a way) so that when said capitalist suckkaz
come home they find a crazily piled stack of chairs where once a rather nice
grandfather clock stood… like the morning after a great party. They also find
a note “You Are Too Rich” or “Your Years of Plenty are Over”
etc.The purpose of this rebellion is
turned into drunken revenge when Jule (Julia
Jentsch) and Ewan McGregor… I mean Jan (Daniel
Bruhl) decide to ‘do’ the house of Jules’ disgruntled ‘employer’
(there’s more to it, but it gets ridiculous in a second). So, they do – and what
hilarity (that’s a question) ensues when they go drunkenly over the top -
breaking the rules and plunging a sofa into the guy’s pool, Jan and Jule (who’s
dating Peter) then strip off and get all hot and heavy… but what’s this – Jan
and Peter (the Vigo Mortissen look-alike he is) are best buddies, in fact
founding fathers of the rebellion – that for one night only – Jule is taking
part in (while Peter is out of town, I forget why) not only is he engaging in
some two-way (party of 3) love-in but he’s also breaking his moral high
ground… don’t worry because as quickly as you can say “oh I saw that plot
twist coming” Jule is confronted with the owner of the Dali-ed up house. She
panics – and Jan does the right thing… whacking him around the head with a
maglight… and taking him hostage, they
drive.Meeting up with Peter (who
doesn’t suspect screwing around – but does take a broken gas-gun just in case)
Jan and Jule – with hostage ‘Hardenberg’ drive into the German
Alps.So the film gets there… but it
takes an hour or so, we’ve got a businessman – tied up in the back of a
Volkswagen, a slightly odd romance between Jule and Jan and this guy Peter who’s
a little lost, venerable to…blah blah blah I’ll finish this later – it was getting boring anyway, right?