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Thirty-year-old soldier Max is on his way to another tour of duty when he notices two local children playing a game of war with toy guns. He gets caught up in their game, playing alongside the kids as they venture into the woods surrounding their neighborhood.
But as Max loses his grip on his reality, the game of pretend suddenly feels altogether too real — and the two young boys lose their innocence.
Director Christian van Duuren has crafted a powerful exploration of the effects that warfare has on the psyche, combining excellent camerawork and finely calibrated performances to delve deep into one man’s brief descent into darkness.
The film begins on a light enough note, as a grown man joins a game played by two young boys. It seems innocent, though small moments of dissonance offer some sense of underlying unease. But as the film progresses, it transitions into something altogether taut, dark and tense, and the tonal shift is absolutely seamless.
The hand-held camera seems edgier and more nervous, and the superlative sound design captures the memories haunting Max effectively, evoking the harshness of the battlefield in the middle of a quiet, tranquil wooded area.
The performances are subtle and excellent all around, and both adult and children find perfectly specific moments to communicate their fear — and the realization that this game is not just child’s play anymore, but something much darker and complicated.
“Gamechanger” is a haunting and tense portrayal of the very human cost of warfare, whose images and emotional moments will linger with viewers well after viewing — much like the invisible scars than many in the military struggle with, long after their battlefield days are over.
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A soldier is drawn into a war-game with the neighborhood kids. Then he loses control. | Gamechanger
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Mans getting veitnam flashbacks
the fact that he left the dog in the car
They had us in the first part ngl
ME: why the hell am I here
Soidler: becase u are traitor
Me: I'm only 5
SOIDLER: SHUT UP
I was just worried about the dog the whole time.
i like how the deeper he gets into it, the more sound effects there are, they get louder, and the gun even gradually gets more realistic, even some points have blowing of aircrafts in the trees
Damn it! I thought the guy on the thumbnail was Conan O'Brien
Am I he only one here that sees the dogs just left ther the kid is tied up still and the gun slowly turns into a real gun
War, war never changes.
grandpas during nerf wars:
I dunno that's a bit dodgy innit
AYO THE DOG IS STILL IN THE CAR U FORGOT IT
Airsoft rentals vs Player who takes it too seriously with $2000 equipment
Why does the soldier kinda look like tommykay
When he took off his belt I thought the story was going to take a completely different path
The soldier got PTSD and he starts to think he's in a real war
This guy is moving like he has PTSD bro
Man he lost it he lost the reality and the game he really has PTSD
Just leaves the boy wow
The kid looks like the sniper from saving private Ryan
if we’re those kids I would be scared to death, that guy is acting like it’s a real war
What language are they speaking?
When it said lose control I thought he Kill him
so the kid he helped was a us and the kid who had the machine gun was a vietcong
First, it was all fun and games with a veteran showing the kid how to play war better, then it became his past again.
"snap back to reality" quoted by Eminem
I feel so bad they don’t understand what he’s been through
Me:pops a balloon around grandpa
Grandpa:THERE IN THE TREES!!!
My main concern is the poor dog
I here real gun shots in this film
That poor man I feel bad
А пацана кто-либо развязал?
we will always get very depressed after watching his stupit videos
Und der kinder?
I, like thousands of others, can relate to this man. Combat has very strange and profound effects on all those involved. I deployed to Afghanistan twice, and among other things, it caused me to be a much more compassionate person. I avoid everything to do with violence, I don't hunt anymore, or kill ANYTHING, not a deer, snake, mouse, or even flies, nothing! However, if my life or the lives of my family were ever put in danger I certainly would react with extreme violence, but I pray that I can live the rest of my life in peace. I often think about what the world would be like if we all could love and have compassion for one another. It would be a wonderful world indeed.
kid: im having so much fun! dad look an enemy. soldier:so anyways i started blasting
So the soldier has ptsd I'm guessing
bruh he rly just left his dog in the car
Why is he german
There in the trees!!!!!!!
My grandfather is a Vietnam War veteran and he went through some mentally damaging things such as killing child soldiers, watching his own friend die right next to him, war things ect.
Imagine if these were real guns by accident
Lol dutch
What happened to the dog
Looks like Conan's had a rough time
Dad wanna play nerf?
Doom music kicks in
P O S T T R A U M A T I C S T R E S S D I S O R D E D
What if the film crew actually left the kid in the woods?
This is true irl because soldiers really go through alot of stuff like this when they are not in combat ya know, they start to think like a soldier when something relatively similar to their combat occurs.