We’ll just get right to the point. The Baader Meinhof Complex is a fantastic, maybe flawless film. Serious, intelligent, extremely interesting and well paced despite the giant ensemble cast.

The topic of the film is the rise of left wing terrorism in post-Nazi Germany. While there was some of this in America, the American counter-culture of the sixties and seventies was surprisingly non-violent. In Germany the generational clashes was much more heated.

Many of the tactics being practiced by al-Qaeda and others were invented by the RAF, the real name of the Baader Meinhof gang. And like most violent movements the idealism slowly slips away until you become the thing you were fighting against.

But talking plot doesn’t do justice to this thrilling film. The real question is why can’t we make movies like this in America.

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