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Gary Stretch, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Michael Pena, Nicky Katt
Sept. 11, 2001 was an unusually warm day in New York. Will Jimeno, an officer with the Port Authority Police Department, was tempted to take a personal day to enjoy his hobby of bow hunting, but ultim...( read more
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Id: 10890996
World Trade Center is way too schmaltzy with loads of mistakes in it too. That quite unforgivable really. Still, its got good acting and is well shot. The DVD extras are quite good too but it?s nothing like Oliver Stone?s usual greatness.
The film accomplishes something worthwhile by providing an inspirational message of hope as a testament to the good humanity is capable of, selling it with relatively unslanted truth more powerful than any political opinion could have been. The film is a terrific example of art's...( read more)
A lot could be said about the decision to make a movie about these horrible events of 9/11 so soon, when everyone still has those images in front of their eyes. The problem of the film is not that, though. It's the fact that it reduces the crime of the century to a simple rescue ...( read more)
Provides the same type of cheap emotions as a roller coaster, of course I cried a lot in front of so much courage and solidarity, of course the abnegation of these men was admirable, but ultimately the film's pretty poor.
O. Stone did not really think outside the box. Most of th...( read more)
I wasn't as affected by this as I thought I would be. There's one horrible moment when you hear all of the fallen firemen's personal alarms go off after the collapse. (These only start up if the fireman stops moving during a rescue.) Otherwise, it's solid, but I didn't leave with...( read more)
Playing against expectations, Stone's 9/11 movie has a very specific focus on the lives of the Port Authority Cops on duty. What can't be denied is that there are some powerful moments within this film, however as a whole it doesn't deliver what it shoild.
The opening sequenc...( read more)
Nicolas Cage performed too real in the movie. It was literally breathtaking the way cage performed in this movie.
Well done movie, not something I would want to watch over and over,and I found Nicolas Cage pretty bad (as usual), but worth a watch once.
