Rebel

Rebel, the dazzling and audacious new film from Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys for Life, Batgirl) tells the story of Kamal (Aboubakr Bensaihi), who resolves to change his life for the better, leaving Belgium to help war victims in Syria. But, having arrived, he is forced to join a militia and is left stranded in Raqqa. Back home, his younger brother Nassim (Amir El Arbi) quickly becomes easy prey for radical recruiters, who promise to reunite him with his brother. Their mother, Leila (Lubna Azabal), fights to protect the only thing she has left: her youngest son.

"Affecting, and often formally thrilling... Damn, if it isn't memorable." - The Playlist

"The movie’s bulldozer bravado in presenting complex issues in the bluntly simplifying language of the action movie — one that the young male viewers most vulnerable to the deceitful seductions of extremist ideologies will not only understand but might even seek out as entertainment — could ultimately be its chief virtue. They’ve made the anti-radicalization movie they feel might have changed those guys’ minds — which is to say, the anti-radicalization movie those guys might have actually watched." - Variety