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8...it takes nothing from the film to notice a little “Apocalypse Now” here, “Casualties of War” and “Platoon” story arcs and even a hint of “The Green Berets” there.
Read full review at Movie Nation
6...an unrelenting condemnation of the Netherlands’ misguided attempt to return its colonial outreach to a time long gone...
Read full review at The Austin Chronicle
5The first half of “The East” is like a Coppola/Herzog-style fever dream...
Read full review at Roger Ebert
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What is The East about? 
In 1946, the Netherlands' colony in Indonesia was in chaos. A young Dutch soldier, torn between duty and conscience, joins an elite squad to suppress the independence movement. As he witnesses his comrades' brutality towards the population, he starts to question the war. But when he tries to escape, he becomes an outlaw, hunted by his former commander. Will he find redemption or will he succumb to the violence he was trained to inflict?
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