THE COVE

Directed by: Louie Psihoyos
Run Time: 92 min

As always documentary has the power to shock and make people realize things they never knew at all. Take this fact for instance, that 23.000 dolphin was killed in one year in Japan alone and how sonar in dolphin is more sophisticated than what human have made.

The fact unearthed by this film is shocking, on how the fisherman in a small but beautiful town of Taiji, Japan kill dolphin in a bloody way. Taiji itself is number one dolphin exporter to sea world theme park all over the world and seeing on how the city seem to honor dolphin, it is shocking to see the previously unknown to the rest of the world, scenes of dolphin slaughtered in cold blood by the fisherman in the cove, the hidden location where the fisherman trap dolphins to be slaughtered.

Not just that, renown dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry has managed to get the horror scene by conducting a spy operation worthy of a James Bond style. You will be treated to some heart pounding acts by Ric friends who try to elude cops and the fisherman in order to get the harrowing scenes. By planting high tech cameras at strategic place, including the one that can record sound underwater, the viewers can see the cruelty more vividly than ever.

Why are the crew doing that? Because the townspeople of Taiji doesn't want anyone to film their 'secret' activity. The Cove also tells about the dangers of eating dolphin's meat and japan's political stance in whaling policy.

There are many documentaries angry about the human destruction of the earth and let's not forget Avatar, a science fiction movie set in Pandora with imperialism and natural destruction at it's theme which is the highest grossing film of all time, remind us how we, humans are the one that destroy nature but also the one who can save it.