URBAN EXPLORER 2011 MOVIE

He can immerse himself in the Nazi past of his country where he belongs. He talks of being on the Berlin Wall, shooting people during the controversial вЂњ shootвЂ“ toвЂ“ kill order.вЂќ Evidently, for Armin вЂ“ like white nationalists today against refugees/anything related to people of colour вЂ“ the war and conflict of which he was a part never truly ended, he perceives it as ongoing. He actually tells one of the group, Denis (Nick Eversman), a terrifying story of young boys put in a harem by the Mujahideen and skinned alive- urban legends about the Other, the enemy. He was part of the Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic. Like society today seems surprised by neo-Nazis, as if they havenвЂ™t been around since Hitler died, the urbex group are shocked by a racist, misogynistic killer living underground preserving the spirit of Nazi Germany.ДЄrmin reveals several things about himself. This isnвЂ™t to say theyвЂ™re forgotten in the sense theyвЂ™ve been ignored when they shouldnвЂ™t, rather their threat has been forgotten, or diminished. The subterranean man is totemic of the lost, forgotten people of Germany. Eventually the group run into a dangerous man named Armin (Klaus Stiglmeier) who lives in the tunnels.ДЄrmin poses as a friend, only for the urban explorers to realise heвЂ™s a psychopath. Forgotten places also involve forgotten people. With this sweeping of historic dust under the rug comes the festering. Rather than reconcile the past with the present, the past is tucked away. The underground becomes a depository, symbolic of parts of the German population willing to bury the past rather than actually deal with it outright. In the movie, the German urbex guide tells his guests the bunkers were shut up so neo-Nazis wouldnвЂ™t вЂњ come to worshipвЂќ at old вЂњ shooting galleriesвЂќ where S.S. Former Nazi bunkers have been walled off. This is the danger of letting such history fester.Д«erlinвЂ™s underground is the perfect landscape for all things hidden. WeвЂ™ve seen a rise in white supremacist/nationalist groups in the past few years, in Germany, as well as in North America. There are those whoвЂ™d subscribe to Nazi ideology today. Many in Germany realise their past shouldnвЂ™t define them, but also that their past is not wholly passed.

Today, you canвЂ™t brandish the Nazi flag in Germany without legal consequences. The blemish on GermanyвЂ™s face which will never fade is, obviously, Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler. WeвЂ™re left with a mostly by-the-numbers plot, garnished with juicy thematic bits around the edges.

URBAN EXPLORER 2011 MOVIE

If writer Martin Thau and director Andy Fetscher pushed these themes further it wouldвЂ™ve complimented the movie overall. A local German lad who specialises in urbex tours takes them on a journey to try finding the infamousВ Fahrerbunker and other closed off, underground places where the Nazis operated during World War II.Д®ven if the movie isnвЂ™t great, or especially good, there exists commentary about modernity, urbanism, and how we вЂ“ as modern or postmodern people вЂ“ reconcile the present with the past. Here, a bunch of tourists in Germany look to see a different side of Berlin. He goes to creepy, abandoned, derelict, and, sometimes, maybe even haunted spaces, looking into their histories through whatвЂ™s left behind.

The plot involves the growing trend of urban exploration. Despite that, Urban Explorer has things to say, and being mediocre doesnвЂ™t stop that. Instead, it has too many flaws to get where itвЂ™s trying to go. There are lots of elements that couldвЂ™ve become an excellent story. ItвЂ™s a relatively generic slasher-style horror with a unique setting: underground Berlin. Starring Nathalie Kelley, Nick Eversman, Klaus Stiglmeier, Max Riemelt, Brenda Koo, Catherine de LГ©an, & Andreas Wisniewski.ДЇather Gore will preface this article: Urban Explorer isnвЂ™t a good movie.

Urban explorer 2011