New in Theaters:
United Red Army
United Red Army is a three-hour-plus treatment of two groups of student radicals who were forged in the fire of protests against Japan’s involvement with the United States during the Vietnam War, before unifying as the United Red Army. A lengthy screed of grainy news footage, backed by a deep-voiced and emphatic narrator, and punctuated with some introductory dramatic recreations, sets the scene. From marching and battling in the streets, some of the students are forged as would-be warrior radicals in the crucible of a government crackdown, going underground to continue their “revolution”…
United Red Army opened recently in limited release. You can read the full review at Film Journal International.
