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The Captainhas the structure of a classic mistaken-identity farce and the tone of a serial-killer film.
Its too bleak to laugh at and too absurd to cry over.
That its true adds another insanity-inducing element.
And so beginsla commedia.
Again and again hes challenged Where are your papers?
Who are you working for?
What is your actual mission?
His Task Force Herold is composed of ex-deserters now charged with finding and killing other deserters.
(Hollywood looks more fondly on serial killers than franchise killers.)
Which is not to sayThe Captainhas a tragic hero.
The key is keeping that infernal switch from being thrown.
