Movie Review: FREAK OUT Shows Potential Despite Its Predictability
Matan is a young man who serves on the Israeli Defense Force. But his role in the military isn’t as your typical grunt – Matan is a military assistant. Not necessarily a secretary, but definitely something clerical, which is definitely better suited for his meek disposition. However, at some point during one’s military service, they may b asked to muck in like everybody else and today is his day. Actually it’s his week to step up, since he and three other soldiers will be sent to a remote outpost to guard an antenna array. When he finally meets his three fellow soldiers, Ishay, Roy and Uzi, he realizes it could be a long weeks, as they start giving him the business from he get go. Matan’s only lifeline seems to be his mother, who he incessantly texts and calls during his journey to assume his week-long guard post. When they arrive, Matan begins to calm down, believing that he has
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