Well, you should, if the film was subtitled in english. Most people would probably tell you that BenX is a Flemmish production about an autistic kid, but it touches on so many more contemporary topics like bullying, online love, lonelinessand MMORPG's.
The story revolves around Ben, an autistic boy in highschool who's being bulliedbecause he's different. Online however, in the world of Archlord ( a fictional MMORPG developped for this movie by Codemasters), he's a lvl80 character known as BenX, who has travelled the world with his companion and healer Scarlet.
For me personally it doesn't matter that Ben is autistic, because to me, the grand theme is about trying to cope with modern day life while MMORPG's depict a much more enticing, rewardingand easier life. Ben could just as well have been a younger kid who spent his whole youth playing Wow, leaving him socially underdeveloped and unable and unwilling to tackle modern day life. On a more personal note, if I had been a PC gamer and MMORPG's would have been around when I was about the age of 5, this could have been the story of my life. It's sad to think that for other people this might actually be true.
I'm all for censorship free games, but a movie like this makes one ponder whether MMO games should be kept off-limits for children.
Anyone interested in the movie might find it noteworthy that BenX is Belgium's entree for Best Foreign Film at the next Oscars. I find it to be deserving of an Oscar, but that might just be because I connect so well with Ben. Can't say I've ever been moved so much by any otherfilm.