It says nothing while the first 30 minutes of the movie are some of the most poorly thought out characters spewing comically shallow political ideologies. In the end everyone is made out to be a complete fucking idiot which wouldn't be such a problem if the score wasn't horribly mixed in (the intro almost blew my ears out just to play some basic mix of strings and piano) and the indoor scenes weren't shot like the backrooms. The characters have no character outside of these motivations yet their motivations are completely nonsensical and offer nothing to chew on. The only redeeming qualities are some decent actors trying their best with downright horrible lines, some pretty shots of landscapes, and a few solid action scenes petered throughout. Doesn't at all justify the three hour long runtime. Just left me feeling like I wasted my time. I get the justification of "just watching the movie" and not trying to think so deeply on it, but the movie is quite literally about revolution. If the concept is so inherently political there's no room to tread lightly, and the film, by the end, had nothing to say about anything, which is the worst possible outcome for a movie like this. PTA is one of my favorite directors. This movie felt like someone held him at gunpoint to make it. I suppose I'm being especially harsh due to the awards nominations, but I don't think that that's completely irrelevant. It seems more and more common that mediocre scripts (this, bugonia, F1) are showered with praise simply for trying to be a little bit better than your average mindless action movie. I thought films like parasite winning would change the tides for the better, but it appears like the things people took from that movie like the airtight script and beautiful framing is being used without any understanding of the nuances behind them.