The Act of Killing Movie Information

	Your Favorites New Movies Box Office AA Noms/Winners All Movies Classics Coming Soon Search	Your Favorites Nearby Theaters By Region Search

| Register Now

View Photo Gallery

Remove ads with our VIP Service

Ratings / Reviews

Reader Reviews

Quick Summary

Rating	#	%
See Now!	1	100
Good	0	0
Wait for Rental	0	0
Stay Away!	0	0

Read all Reader Reviews

How would you rate this movie?

View movie reviews

The Act of Killing
Academy Award® Nominee
When the government of Indonesia was overthrown by the military in 1965, Anwar and his friends were promoted from small-time gangsters who sold movie theatre tickets on the black market to death squad leaders. They helped the army kill more than one million alleged communists, ethnic Chinese, and intellectuals in less than a year. As the executioner for the most notorious death squad in his city, Anwar himself killed hundreds of people with his own hands.

Today, Anwar is revered as a founding father of a right-wing paramilitary organization that grew out of the death squads. The organization is so powerful that its leaders include government ministers, and they are happy to boast about everything from corruption and election rigging to acts of genocide.

The Act of Killing is about killers who have won, and the sort of society they have built. Unlike ageing Nazis or Rwandan génocidaires, Anwar and his friends have not been forced by history to admit they participated in crimes against humanity. Instead, they have written their own triumphant history, becoming role models for millions of young paramilitaries. The Act of Killing is a journey into the memories and imaginations of the perpetrators, offering insight into the minds of mass killers. And The Act of Killing is a nightmarish vision of a frighteningly banal culture of impunity in which killers can joke about crimes against humanity on television chat shows, and celebrate moral disaster with the ease and grace of a soft shoe dance number.

Starring Haji Anif, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara

Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer

Running Time - 1:55
Genre - Documentary
Opened in Theaters - Saturday, March 23, 2013 (11 years ago)

Add Movie to Favorites

Showtimes

This movie is not currently playing in theaters.

Home Video

This movie may be available now on home video.

Search Amazon.com for The Act of Killing
on Blu-ray, DVD, and Instant Video

Multimedia

Looking for More Information?

Search Google for more information about this movie:

New Movies - Box Office - Favorite Movies - All Movies
Coming Soon - Search

Home - About Us - Feedback
News Headlines - Theaters - Movies - Reader Reviews - Movie Links
Your Account - VIP Service