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Beyond the Call

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Beyond the Call (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 9 Fresh: 5  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 6.1/10
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 82 mins
Theatrical Release: Apr 18, 2008 Limited
Synopsis:
In an Indiana Jones meets Mother Teresa adventure, three middle-aged men, former soldiers and modern-day knights, travel the world delivering life saving humanitarian aid directly into the hands of civilians and doctors in some of the most dangerous yet beautiful places on Earth, the... [More]
In an Indiana Jones meets Mother Teresa adventure, three middle-aged men, former soldiers and modern-day knights, travel the world delivering life saving humanitarian aid directly into the hands of civilians and doctors in some of the most dangerous yet beautiful places on Earth, the front lines of war.

Ed Artis, Jim Laws and Walt Ratterman are self-styled Knights of Malta, and in 1995, they formed Knightsbridge International, a unique humanitarian aid organization, whose motto is "High Adventure and Service to Humanity." Artis explains: "We're not there to change anybody's politics, we're not in the God business, and we pay our own way." Their specialty is going where death from landmines, bullets, or bombs is as frequent as death from hunger, disease, or the elements. As Laws tells it simply, “We do what we can, when we can, because we can.

Their personal convictions and courage drive them to places such as Afghanistan, Albania, Chechnya, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Rwanda and the southern Philippines, often when few if any other humanitarian aid organizations are around. The camera follows Artis, Laws and Ratterman as they take us on a journey into the heart of humanity and the soul of courage. -- © WadiRum Films [Less]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: James Laws, Ed Artis, Walt Ratterman

Director: Adrian Belic
Producer: Adrian Belic
Composer: Marcello De Francisci

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Though it's not the most technically or narratively proficient piece, the film's compelling subjects can't help but inspire, even if we're not always privy to what truly drives them or how their family lives have been affected.

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04/18/08 12:08 PM
Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
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You walk out of Beyond the Call admiring these humanitarians but not the movie about them -- unless you like films with lots of hugging.

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04/17/08 08:28 AM
Tim Grierson
L.A. Weekly
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A frustrating and frequently monotonous account, a public-relations presentation that only occasionally reveals the hits (or misses) of their missions.

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04/15/08 01:48 PM
Bruce Feld
Film Journal International
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An extremely inspiring film that is also hilarious, exciting and heartwrenching.

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09/18/07 05:14 PM
Christopher Campbell
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Adrian Belic’s straightforward film shows the men in action and allows them to tell -- in their salty, no-B.S. way -- their own stories of how and why they do what they do.

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07/09/07 01:23 PM
Peter Canavese
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The construction of this documentary could have used the kind of firm hand that these three self-professed Don Quixote's might have provided

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02/06/07 08:30 AM
Dan Jardine
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The scenery is marvelous, but Belic is a bit too admiring of his subjects.

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12/01/06 03:26 PM
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle
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The film is a pointed lesson in 'every little bit helps.'

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11/24/06 05:34 PM
Teresa Budasi
Chicago Sun-Times
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It's impossible not to admire the protags' can-do spirit.

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11/24/06 05:33 PM
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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