{"id":25584,"date":"2017-07-03T22:05:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T02:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=25584"},"modified":"2017-07-04T01:10:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T05:10:58","slug":"man-in-the-camo-jacket-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/03\/man-in-the-camo-jacket-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in the Camo Jacket (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This documentary shows the rise to fame of The Alarm member Mike Peters, the slowdown of his career, his fight with cancer, and how he turned all it around by helping the cancer cause and getting back into performing.<\/p>\n

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The film, directed by Russ Kendall, covers the early career of Mike Peters all the way through his leaving The Alarm, his solo work, his getting sick, and his charity work.\u00a0 The way he follows Peters and does interviews with some of his contemporaries shows the man in a good light but also shows a snippet of musical history that happens in the 80s and lead to Peters and his band The Alarm to rise to stardom with lyrics that reached audiences and touched them.\u00a0 After he disappeared for a while and came back, it\u2019s clear in this documentary that he still reached his audience and made a difference.\u00a0 Peters is shown as a somewhat stubborn man who doesn\u2019t give up, may it be to be successful in music or to beat a disease.\u00a0 The film shows this and how Peters has affected people not just in the music industries but around the world.\u00a0 The way this film is shot is clearly in a manner to make Peters look good, but it also deals with his imperfections and issues that may have led to his group\u2019s disbanding.<\/p>\n

This is all shot with cinematography by Stash Slionski who uses different looks for interviews and for the shots showing Peters\u2019 life with his wife, his band, his charity.\u00a0 This all comes together with archival footage for a look that works most of the time, with some bits here and there that don\u2019t work as well, but give the age of the archival footage and how it was shot, it works well.\u00a0 All the styles put together create an interesting look and helps all the content come together to paint a fuller picture of the main subject.<\/p>\n

Of course, this documentary is filled with music as the lead is a musician.\u00a0 This includes his own work as a solo artist and as part of the The Alarm, which some may be discovering for the first time here, as well as work by others peppered here and there.\u00a0 Mostly, it\u2019s about Mike Peters, so it\u2019s also about his music.\u00a0 They do manage to achieve this without being too constantly \u201cin your face\u201d about it.\u00a0 It\u2019s there, especially when other musical artists talk about him and through the archival footage, but it\u2019s not all about the music here.\u00a0 The music adds to the subject without taking away from it.<\/p>\n

Man in the Camo Jacket is an interesting documentary about a man and his constant fight to be on top, to be a success, to survive, and to be himself.\u00a0 It\u2019s an easy watch and should find its audience without problem.
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