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...character is supposed to be a reputable, well-seasoned officer who has had many decorated years on the force. But his character is so utterly stupid and incompetent that it is quickly obvious that this is impossible, implying either a complete casting failure or an intended joke that simply isn??t funny. His character is given a part that includes some serious emotions, but Morgan is incapable of playing a character with personality traits beyond stupidity and mockingly idiotic sorrow. He is trapped in an idiot box of slapstick comedy that prevents him from playing an actually funny...
Because the protagonist, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim), enters the prison at the age of nineteen after dropping out of school at eleven, the film isn??t as much a gangster picture as it is a bildungsroman. He doesn’t just learn how to kill people, or how to build a drug empire from the inside; El Djebena also learns how to read and write. Through his brief encounters on the outside, he also discovers what there is to live for in the real world...
When Rahim’s character goes through lockdown in the prison, he must stick out his tongue to show he isn??t hiding a razorblade, and when he goes through airport security at one point in the film, he instinctively sticks out his tongue—and that level of detail is what makes this movie nearly-perfect. Quentin Tarantino and James Cameron alike should be thankful that “A Prophet” is only competing for Best Foreign at the Oscars...
...rest of the album’s first half is driven more by electronic beats, heavy rhythms, and layered vocal harmonies, however, giving Side A its catchy and occasionally danceable sound. On “Good Morning (The Future),” Rogue states, “The future / isn??t what it used to be / I’m not surprised.” With this, he seems to sum up the band’s current direction: a perhaps-not-unexpected move from an intimate sound into more electronic...
Lyrically, the album isn??t particularly fascinating or thought-provoking. At their worst, the lyrics are inane nonsense—“Never had a false alarm / Softer than a baby’s arm”—but there are moments that are much cleverer—“All I have is time / To bring back this bloodline of mine.” However, considering the fact that Rogue’s voice is sometimes inaudible over the band’s walls of sound, this weakness doesn’t seem...