the 33 percent of the nation nitwit that still support w. bush would do well to see this movie and which show the aftermath of the french revolution and the terror of 1794 a strikingly similar to the post 9/11 socio political landscape . maybe then they could stop worry about save face and take the a whupping they deserve . it really a shame that when a politician ruin the country and those who vote for him can not be deny the right to ever vote again . they have clearly show they have no sense of character . what really stand out in this movie be the ambiguity of a character a hopelessly doctrinaire a robespierre while a haunt empty man who simplistic reductive ideology can not help him elucidate the boundary between safety and totalitarianism . execution and murder . self defense and patriotism . his legalistic litmus test aggravate the hopeless situation he help create . sound like any belligerent and overprivileged and retard yale cheerleader you know of . wojciech pszoniak blow the slovenly deparidieu off the screen . as sympathetic a robespierre plight be and it comfort to know that shortly after the film end he will have his jaw shoot off and be send to the guillotine .