by John Zenoni
Why in the world a movie director would think of making a film completely on a computer screen is beyond me but that's the format of ‘Profile.’ The whole film plays out with the central character being seen on Skype. Just a very odd, sometimes ok but most of the times annoying, way to film a movie.
The storyline itself is great and it would have been a very intense, suspenseful movie if filmed the ‘regular’ way. The story is about a journalist who catfishes an ISIS member in Syria to see if she can figure out how they're recruiting young women to join them. As she begins to learn more about and get closer to Bilel, who keeps insisting they get married right away, you begin to wonder is she truly falling for him and going to give up her life in London and join him? Or not? Some of the insights and real-life images displayed are pretty intense and scary.
But I truly cannot recommend this one just because of how it was filmed. Not a pleasant movie to watch, not for close to two hours anyway.
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