I kept hearing about the relevance of this story, but no. It is the story of a black man born and raised in Germany who makes one bad decision after another. He is toxic and abusive.
There is sadly nothing positive about the movie or the main role.
He ruins the lives of everybody he touches by being egocentric and self consumed.
He grows up without a father so he is never there for his son. He longs for a connection and a sense of belonging, but everybody who wants to connect with him he then pushed away, because well, he doesn't know how to treat people. He lashes out and hurts other people physically because he has been physically hurt.
He says he is fighting for his "fatherland" (Germany) and calls it his home, but in the same breath is fighting to change it completely, because he says it isn't a home for someone like him.
So what is the series trying to say?
That being a violent person and criminal in Germany is only natural if you have a different cultural background, because Germany will never treat you the way they treat Germans?
Sorry, but that is a horrible message.
Most the actors aren't good.
The grading and camera work is very German standard and just doesn't look any better than every series on German television, so I'm not even giving a star bonus for that.
There is sadly nothing positive about the movie or the main role.
He ruins the lives of everybody he touches by being egocentric and self consumed.
He grows up without a father so he is never there for his son. He longs for a connection and a sense of belonging, but everybody who wants to connect with him he then pushed away, because well, he doesn't know how to treat people. He lashes out and hurts other people physically because he has been physically hurt.
He says he is fighting for his "fatherland" (Germany) and calls it his home, but in the same breath is fighting to change it completely, because he says it isn't a home for someone like him.
So what is the series trying to say?
That being a violent person and criminal in Germany is only natural if you have a different cultural background, because Germany will never treat you the way they treat Germans?
Sorry, but that is a horrible message.
Most the actors aren't good.
The grading and camera work is very German standard and just doesn't look any better than every series on German television, so I'm not even giving a star bonus for that.