What to Do in Case of Fire revisits a Berlin anarcho-terrorist squatter group a dozen years after their idealistic salad days, reluctantly brought together again by the need to eliminate evidence of their former dabbling in bomb-making. By now, of course, most have abandoned the faith and there's a potential tension to be explored between the dream and the reality, particularly with one of the crew perfectly happy in the cynicism of his switch to an advertising career.
However, the director finds himself juggling too many balls to go into personal or societal politics in sufficient depth. The film wants to work as a quirky comedy too, as well as a glossy thriller and wistful relationship drama, and whilst the mix ensures there's rarely a dull moment, with a jaunty pace and likable cast, it ends up fairly well as muddled as the aims of its protagonists.
5/10
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