Kids

Well there is bad cinema and bad cinema… In the first half are those films that don’t serve any purpose what so ever and they are so boring to watch as well. Most of the times, this kind of films are low-budged productions and are so bad that even the people who made them don’t want to watch them. In addition, people like myself, who did see a film like that are trying to forget all about it ever since. On the other hand, are the bad films which are projecting the evil aspects of the modern societies; violence, drugs, alcohol, sex and many other more terrifying and wicked that could anyone imagined. In this kind we will also often encounter extraordinary situations where the bad guys could be the good guys and vice versa. It’s true that no serial killer or drug dealer can be easily someone who we could identify with and it’s more likely for the majority of us to condemn such behaviours. But let us face it, we all enjoy watching them. The extreme, hardcore action scenes, genius plots and fantastic special effects are only of the few aspects that made them so beautiful and irresistible. In contrast, Kids (1995) does not belong in either of these two categories. The director succeeds to pass the feeling that Kids (1995) is not a made-up story or a film but a true-based documentary. We can easily empathize and sympathise with all the characters, even the most wicked ones, in a realistic way that we can learn so much from them as we would actually living it our selves. I was socked watching it for the first time last month and it gave me the chills to tell you the truth. It wasn’t because it was disturbing or anything but because of me coming from Cyprus, where kids could never imagine do or behave like that it was so unconceivable at first. In my opinion, Kids (1995) is one of the best films that I have ever watched and believe me I have seen a lot.