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Walk on Water | 
 enlarge | Director: Eytan Fox
Actors: Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters, Gideon Shemer, Carola Regnier
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 15839
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: Arabic (Original Language), English (Original Language), German (Original Language), Hebrew (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Turkish (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 103
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: COLD11105D
ISBN: 1404982353
UPC: 043396111059
EAN: 9781404982352
ASIN: B0009YVBGO
Theatrical Release Date: March 4, 2005
Release Date: August 30, 2005
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Product Description
An experienced mossad assassin is sent to eliminate an aging nazi war criminal. During his mission he makes an unusual discovery uncovering his own past & forging a remarkable friendship. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 01/22/2008 Run time: 103 minutes Rating: R
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An unusual psychological spy thriller, Walk on Water follows Israeli agent Eyal (Lior Ashkenazi, from the superb romance Late Marriage) as he tries to learn from a German brother and sister (Knut Berger, Push and Pull, and Caroline Peters, Schone Frauen) whether or not their grandfather, a Nazi commander, is still alive--but his growing friendship with the pair forces him to grapple with his wife's suicide only months before. Walk on Water grapples with racial prejudice and homophobia without once seeming preachy; surprisingly, the spy storyline introduces these issues naturally, as Eyal's hostility towards Arabs and his blithe view of Nazi war criminals are central to his character. Ashkenazi is charismatic and subtle; his bedroom eyes and understated smolder make him something of an Israeli Clive Owen. Don't buy Walk on Water expecting James Bond spectacle, but the excellent performances, intelligent script, and quiet tension will draw you into this thoughtful and emotionally nuanced movie. In English, with a few subtitled scenes in Hebrew and German. --Bret Fetzer
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 Israel Comes Out of the Closet November 28, 2008
This film is a pro-gay film masquerading as a thriller. While Israel struggles for survival as a Jewish State, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni wants to substitute Israel as a a homosexual haven in the eastern Mediterranean. This film should help and please the Europeans, too.
 Walk on Water Delivers October 25, 2008
I had been wanting to view another movie by Lior Ashkenazi because I enjoyed the movie Late Marriage and the authenticity of his performance. Well, I wasn't disappointed with Walk on Water. I was hoping he would run away with the grandson, but that didn't happen. I shouldn't give away the plot lines or the outcome other than to say our hero has to face a lot of his prejudices both sexually (non-explicit) and emotionally (the holocaust and those on the persecuting side who successfully escaped to other countries to live out their lives in peace and prosperity -- and anonymity). All this means is that the movie is fast paced, full of twists-and-turns and in the end becomes highly illuminating.
 Favorite movie of Israelis September 14, 2008
This is a great movie showing many facets of being an Israeli, a Jew, young German, and how history impacts individuals. And it has a good ending. Well done on many levels. I'm very glad to own it.
 Bites more than it can chew February 2, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
It is refreshing to watch movies depicting things other than American suburbia and exploding cars, and speaking several languages with naturalness, and seeing actors move against truly urban and/or exotic backdrops.
Yes, I confess, I am one of those people who ravenously scour the BlockBuster and takes anything foreign that looks remotely promising.
But this movie severely tested my patience.
I can't decide whether it is that Lior Ashkenazi and Knut Berger are bad actors, or the plot simply forces them to act in such a stiff way, that they can't perform.
If this movie aims at encompassing the subjects of hatred, identity, homosexuality, war, and forgiveness, and then produce some sort of coherent message, it fails. Instead of a plot, we have characters engaging, more or less randomly, in sanctimonious exchanges that don't add up to much, followed by the occasional gratuitous cruelty.
Paradoxically, the less important the characters, the best the acting is. Gideon Shemer is good as the mild-mannered, avuncular secret service S.O.B. Axel's mother and father are also solid and give a credible performance. Even the short appearances of the rest of the Mossad staff are credible and to the point.
But as soon as Eyal (Ashklenazi) embarks in some statement about the Holocaust or the Palestinians, or Axel (Berger) tries so hard to play the liberal-assumed-homosexual-that-can-be-friends-with-an-hetero, the movie stops dead.
At some point the movie is so trite that becomes annoying.
-Axel's Grandpa is a Nazi war criminal. Gee, I wonder to what Argentine country he fled.
-Eyal has to come, reluctantly, to Germany. Gee, I wonder what is going to happen in the subway when their friends cross a group of skinheads.
-Axel and Eyal have to bath together. Gee, I wonder about what semitic ritual operation they will talk about (all in a safe, heterosexual way, of course).
I don't continue because I risk to ruin whatever little plot the movie has. But you get the idea.
"a must see" movie January 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the best movies I have seen in a long time. Character development is fantastic, as you get to know each unique personality.
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