Uwe Boll directed Assault on Wall Street, a film due out this weekend staring Dominic Purcell, which tackles the tough subject matter of the catastrophic effects of a collapsing economy. Boll recently sat down with Uinterview to discuss the themes present in his latest movie, and revealed his unique way of handling his critics.

In Assault on Wall Street, Purcell’s character is left with nothing after the economy crashes, and embarks on a mission of revenge. “In the movie, you can show stuff that shouldn’t happen in real life so I don’t want people getting shot, but the reality is that this is what movies are about, to have basically a fantasy about something,” Purcell told Uinterview in an exclusive interview. “And I feel that, if some bankers after watching the movie feel a little more scared, that maybe they shouldn’t do the things that they are doing bad, then the movie helps.”

On a smaller scale, the film also deals with the health care situation in the U.S. The wife of Purcell’s character suffers from an illness that requires costly treatments, which starts to eat all of their money up. “I mean, I come from Germany, and that people vote against healthcare [here] is absurd for us,” Boll explained. “You know, we have health care since we are born, there is no discussion about it. You need to have health insurance because of what happens. One heart attack, $150,000 is gone. I mean, how are you going to pay then?”

Boll, who has earned the moniker “Raging Boll” for his aggressive manner of dealing with critics, is not about to keep quiet when negative things are said about his work. “I was very upset,” Boll admitted, “ So I said, let’s box in the rings or lets box the critics and stuff like this. I’ve also answered very unfair reviewers and I answer on the same level and I think it is important to not ignore them.”

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