during the last day of world war ii and a the soviet bomb explode closer and closer a the day go by and the routine of concentration camp awschwitz follow it course and represent the focus of this picture represent the atmosphere of dread and death inhabit the heavy air and the work inside the crematorium and the random execution of men and woman and child and and the drama of the jewish sonderkommando and a group form by prisoner who and in exchange of good food and clothes and help their tormentor in the systematic of death inside the camp and guide the new arrived prisoner through the corridor that lead to the gas chamber and and the disposal of the body after ward and just to be kill some time latter . let me just say this right from the get go represent the grey zone be the fine and ultimate and gritty portrayal of the holocaust and in all it ugliness and horror . on the fact that the grey zone be highly underrated and little know be a complete mystery for me . where schindler list bravely portray the dark event that go around in germany and circa 1940 and it be build towards the light and towards an uplifting end where hope prevail and courageous act save the day . the grey zone and instead and offer no hope or alternative and nor uplifting way and nor any of the character show any noble redeeming action towards their fellow inmate . ultimately and it about survival and and how we get our moral lose so easily when the instinct to stay alive kick in . the grey zone ugliness pack one hard punch never in any other movie death be show in such a realistic and brutal light . you actually fell youre inside the corridor of the crematorium and it like youre trap inside these tiny and claustrophobic gas chamber and it like the putrid smell of the dead and yellow corps pile up on the floor and the dread get under your skin and stay there for day . tim blake nelson be at the helm of the grey zone and and what a masterful filmmaker mr. nelson be . the sense of dread and dark tonality of the grey zone put david cronenberg to the shame . it should be regard not a a movie and but a an experience . the script be tight and sober and remind me of david mamet in his most inspiring moment and regard the dialog and the exchange between the character . the photography and art department deserve praise represent awschwitz be bad than hell and people who visit these old concentration camp tend to say that after ward they fell this aura of pain and sadness . with tim blake nelson picture and although youre not physically there and the grey zone work a a tour through this place bad than hell . it be as creepy a the creepy film can get and trust me . performance here be all top notch and career defining . what really hurt be that the grey zone do not get it deserved attention and because it poignantly prove what some movie star be capable of and give the right material represent david arquette and an actor know for light comedy and be strikingly magnetic a the most fragile and mentally weaken sonderkommando and and his scene be nothing short than harrow and visceral . the moment when he be confront by a newcomer prisoner about to be guide to the gas chamber be the stuff of cinematic history in term of act represent a arquette tell his lie ( you will be guide to the bath and soon will be reunite with your family and and so on ) and this scared newcomer and realize his fate and confronts him and say it a lie and i can not believe it jews do this job . i be go to die and but i be go to live long than you ever will and youre dead already . and the desperate prisoner shout at arquette and and then arquette lose his head and attack this man to death and break his skull with punch and kick and not really move by angriness and but by sorrow and pain to recognize the awfulness of the truth spit on his face yes and even him and arquette and can not believe he be do this and and the outlet of such sorrow come into the form of him lose his head and degrading and smash a fellow jew skull to the death . such a scary and harrowing movie moment . mira sorvino be a joy and and be prepare and you would not recognize her at first . the depth this wonderful actress go to create her character in a realistic light should be applaud . mrs. sorvino be highly commend for her work in woody allen 1995 movie and but her performance in the grey zone rise above her other work and that the picture mrs. sorvino should be recognize and award for . the other member of the cast have my respect and but i want to specifically point the performance of sorvino and arquette a the picture true highlight in term of act . it be a crime that lion gate do not work hard to promote this powerful material . the grey zone be a must see and a must have and a tour de force with performance for the age and top notch cinematic achievement in every single department . a true ten and as exciting a film can get .