Vonia Camp X-Ray (2014) Guantanamo Bay, No easy place to portray. Kristen Stewart shows through her stiff, solemn style, One person makes a difference. Though that may be true, Characters remain distant, Forgettable, slow, Lost potential, I advise fast forward to final scene. (Somonka is a Japanese form of poetry that is essentially two tankas, the second stanza a response to the first. Each stanza follows a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern. Traditionally, each is a love letter. This form usually demands two authors, but it is possible to have a poet take on two personas. My take will be a love letter to a film?) #Somonka #PoemReview

Michael Ledo Plot spoilers...if you consider the idea the film had a plot.Cole (Kristen Stewart) is a green recruit assigned to Gitmo and is tasked to guard detainees and get much needed acting lessons. They can't be called "prisoners" or else they would have POW rights. While there, Cole has a beer, goes out on a boat, complains about her sergeant, and walks around a room, peeking into doors. When she gets to door 105 she converses with prisoner 471 (Peyman Moaadi- A Persian cast as an Arab...who would notice?) who, like Snape, is a complex character and only wants to finish the Harry Potter series. I'm sorry, but that is the whole movie in a nutshell.The film is a look at character and unfortunately it wasn't entertaining. Stewart maintains her dull, lifeless, boring moody character from that first "Twilight" film (see DVD cover where she thinks about displaying a different emotion). She was almost as good as that one film where she laid down and played dead.Guide: F-bomb. No sex. Magazine nudity.

leonblackwood Review: I really enjoyed this movie because of the emotional content, and the fact that it shows the different sides to war but I can't see it going down well with Americans or anyone who is victims of terrorism. I think that audiences would have had more sympathy for Ali (Payman Maadi), if they knew if he was guilty or not, and I was surprised that he was able to have them in depth conversations with Cole (Kristen Stewart), with so many inmates close by. Anyway, the performances were great, especially from Payman Maadi, and the unique storyline did touch an emotional cord. Because of the political status about Guantanamo Bay and the fact that the world has mixed reviews about it, I'm not surprised that this film was kept under the radar. The director really did push the barriers by making a film about a relationship between an inmate and a guard but I liked the way that he showed an human side to a soldier, who could have easily felt remorse towards Ali after he covered her in poop. For a film that is mainly about 2 people, I really did enjoy it, and I have to commend Kristen Stewart for taking on a project that is completely out of her comfort zone. Enjoyable! Round-Up: Kristen Stewart, 26, first hit the big screen in 2002, in Panic room, playing Jodie Fosters daughter and then she went on to star in Cold Creek Manor, Zahara, Into The Wild and What Just Happened but she is mostly known for her role as Bella in the Twilight franchise. Since then, she has become an household name but I personally think that she acts the same in all of her movies, even though she has covered many genres. Anyway, this is the first film written and directed by Peter Sandler, who made this small film, interesting throughout. Kristen Stewart wouldn't have been my first choice to play a soldier but she completely transformed herself, which, surprisingly, worked. Budget: $1million Worldwide Gross: $61,000 (Terrible)I recommend this movie to people who are into their war/drama movies starring Kristen Stewart, Peyman Moaadi, Lane Garrison, Tara Holt, John Carroll Lynch and Anoop Simon. 6/10

sendshaw This really surprised me.Incredibly moving, brilliantly scripted and quite remarkable performances from the two main characters.The type of film that you might not watch if you simply read the description of it but turns out to be one you'll remember for a long time.It is even more of an achievement when you consider that the majority of the scenes take place between two characters stood on opposite sides of a door! Imagine having that set as a task for you and coming up with anything remotely interesting.I can't commend the direction enough and will look out for Peter Sattler movies in future.