Review of Ajami

The movie has five loosely tied chapters (i.e. plots) and it makes use of a recurring theme of bringing those five chapters together in the climax. Think Babel or Crash, for example. The reason I didn't like the movie was my reliance on English sub-titles and being unable to to keep pace with the ties between the chapters. I kept losing track of some of the characters too. You need an attentive brain for that. I believe a better job could have been done of synchronizing up the chapters. The cinematography is almost documentary like is some places and doesn't feel polished.