The more I think about this movie the more insulted I feel. It's a morally repugnant piece of USA propaganda. And it's dumb, too. The message is clear: Saudis are idiots and selfish and Americans are noble geniuses. Gimme a fucking break. Seriously. It's this kind of story-telling that keeps this country mired in a state of blissful ignorance. The deaths of Americans in this movie are filmed as horror and tragedy and the deaths of Saudis are staged as cheap action thrills. 4 "brilliant" Americans and 1 "barely competent" Saudi search for a terrorist in Saudi Arabia and guess who dies in the last scene. And Jennifer Garner, looking 18, plays some medical scientist-wizard-genius person. Ridiculous. And Jamie Foxx is sooooo hip and smooth as the lead investigator of an elite FBI team. Gag me! Only Chris Cooper is properly cast and only he brings any honesty to the proceedings. Even Jeremy Piven shows up doing some Saturday Night Live caricature of an idiotic diplomat. The more I think about this film the angrier I get. So I will now stop thinking about it.
1 comment:
It's RAMBO for September 11!
Totally ridiculous. Revenge fantasies like this will never take away the real facts, complexity and pain of catching real terrorists.
This movie wont's change the fact that U.S. Special Forces aren't outside terrorist beheadings, busting down the doors and rescuing the victims or that the Bush administration has still failed to get Osama bin Laden, even when they had a clear chance to do so.
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