Byآ Joseph Fahim First Published:آ Julyآ 4,آ 2008 "Masgoon Transit†(Transit Prisoner) is an accomplished, well-written thriller boosted by adept performances and unfussy direction. At the heart of the film is a feeble, forgettable moral message placed to infuse the story with a much-needed purpose. But it doesn’t, and the film ultimately comes off as a plain genre exercise, albeit a good one. But there’s nothing more to it, and the strong moral dilemmas the film coyly hints at are swapped by the genre’s trappings and the desperate urge for presenting some fairly predictable twists. The film centres on Ali El-Dakkak (Ahmed Ezz), a young skilful safe robber about to carry out his very last job before retiring and emigrating to Italy. Ali is a smart, frisky, easygoing college graduate forced to resort to crime after...
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