this be the second film from writer or director or actor tim blake nelson to disappear into film limbo . know for his leading role in o brother where art thou and he also write and direct o and which be shelve after the columbine massacre . it have take 3 year for the grey zone to arrive on australian shore and and it have now go straight to video . this be a great shame a this be a stunning film worthy of far more attention . it be the true story of the sonderkommando group in auschwitz and the most infamous of all nazi concentration camp . the sonderkommandos be jewish prisoner who volunteer to work on the gas chamber and furnace in exchange for good treatment and extended life . no team ever last more than 4 month and and would themselves be add to the group herd into the gas chamber by the next sonderkommando group . this be the tale of the 12th group and who use their position to revolt against the nazi and blow up the two primary gas chamber or furnace . there be many flaw within the film while the dialogue feel too much like a play which make the discussion somewhat static and everybody have an american accent except for harvey keitel who somehow manages to sound like mel brook impersonate a german and and the detail of how they select sonderkommandos and their lifestyle be not very well deal with . however and these fault do very little to diminish the power of this film . for above all else and this be a story that not only succeed in answer the question of why jew would volunteer for such a duty and but also allow the viewer a stunning and horrify look into human psychology and the politics of oppression . while a film like schindler list allow u a broad view of the overall situation and it fail to truly give any insight into the individual who allow the machine of war to keep operating . how could people not rise up and at least to try fight know they be go to die anyway . the grey zone give the viewer a very clear and very painful view of the weakness within humanity and of how human allow themselves to be convince that everything will be ok and no matter what evidence we have in front of u . in tell the story of the one uprising to occur within the most destructive of all concentration camp and we get to show the good in man and and the evil . and in this the film succeed above many other film and and be worthy of praise far surpass the melodramatic tripe that hollywood usually try to fee u in regard to the second world war . and and in our current political climate and it be more important than ever to understand how easily we fall back on our ability to turn a blind eye and believe the lie that even our next door neighbour will tell u .