i would hear about this film when it win the sundance prize and and immediately thought and give the accolade and the premise and that it have to be great . i also assume it would be ultra disturbing and so be somewhat squeamish and i wait a long time to actually see it . what a disappointment . the idea that a religious jew could become a nazi be indeed compelling and but this film never let the viewer in on the why behind the main character ( balint ) decision and so and to continue watch and you just have to take it on faith that for some reason he have his reason for inspire a group of fascist to begin execute jew . this and maybe i could have live with . but when this anti semitic jew bring his thuggish skinhead buddy into a temple and have misgiving and here be where the lack of character development really become a problem . i could live with the assumption that for some reason this jew a nazi and but and without any insight into the character and this business of his conflict and a seeming revelation of complexity and be just plain confuse . then and it commit the sin so many independent film do . by believe it overlong dialogue and speech scene be compel enough to drive a story forward . but this be minor in comparison to the nonsensical protagonist and the un pay off story line represent balint shoot a fellow nazi and drake and when drake discovers that balint be wear a prayer shawl under his skinhead clothes ( again why . ) i assume he kill drake and but and he doesn not . shouldn not there be some resolution to this turn of event and perhaps some jeopardy for balint . for example your fellow nazis find out you shoot one of their own . shouldn not there be some sense that maybe balint life be now in jeopardy . also and the leader ( play by theresa russell and billy zane ) find out off screen that balint be a jew . shouldn not this also be a moment of high tension . this be a great and intriguing premise and but and the film be an extreme disappointment . i expect at some point that everything would tie together in a way that form a cohesive and powerful and compelling and morally ambiguous narrative and but it doesn not . it extremely unsatisfying throughout and and i really believe that it status and acclaim come from the premise alone .