The Kite Runner

I was a bit reluctant to watch this. The Middle East has been so effective in recent years at making its problems, the world’s problems. I am utterly weary of the whole thing and don’t really want to know any more. But I am glad I did watch The Kite Runner. It is an exceptionally well made film from Marc Forster based on the book by Khaled Hosseini. Forster is an astounding film maker and has also brought us Monster’s Ball and Finding Neverland. Here he is working with a very compelling and absorbing story. The cast are all excellent, the two young boys, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada and Zekiria Ebrahimi, deserving special mention. The action is mostly set in Kabul, Afghanistan , both before and during the rule of the vile Taliban. It packs an enormous emotional punch.