An intriguing thriller in the halls of the EU headquarters in Brussels, involving old Nazi infiltrations in the EU, old traumas from the war and Auschwitz, a romance developing critically, terror bombings and corruption on the highest financial industrial level - the gem of the film is Rosana Pastor as the beautiful Portuguese commissioner in charge of the environment, while John Hurt just is the perfect bureaucrat doing his job as well as he can and encountering most unexpected problems and complications. Although much of the intrigue naturally is contrived and spiced with dramatic constructions, the film is well worth seeing for being just what it is, an EU thriller. Alice Krige makes a great performance as the wife who justly obeys her instincts and refuses to follow her husband on that job in Brussels, and the other actors are also perfect enough, especially (as always) Armin Mueller-Stahl, who introduces the film and provides the chief dramatic impact with its consequences. Of course, a thriller like this in the halls of EU headquarters must pose some questions, which cannot be answered, except primarily by silence.
Review of The Commissioner
