Liberal Dogma Posing as Art; Like "Grand Canyon," only taking itself too seriously.

Rating: 4/10 (9 September 2005)

From a technical standpoint, this movie was extremely well done. However, it beats you over the head with the common liberal talking points, and was very predictable. 10 minutes into the film, I understood that Guns are evil, period. NO exceptions. Also, nobody is responsible for their lot in life, everything that happens to a person that is bad is because of situations completely out of their control, but mostly because of how they look, and money and power can, under no circumstances, bring happiness. Hoooey. *Spoiler* I would like to present a slightly different view, regarding the shopkeeper; Farhad. Let's suppose that instead of using the gun to shoot the little girl, he was in his shop when the "thugs" robbed it. Then, let's suppose that by luck, or proper planning (which is irrelevant, because he couldn't even plan to properly fix the door in the first place, another liberal talking point, nothing was his fault...), he was able to get to his gun. The thugs are armed, as they are throughout this film, so Farhad fires in proper and true self defense. But, his daughter bought him blanks, so the thugs shoot back, with their guns acquired illegally, not wanting to be bothered by laws, as thugs often do, and kill him with REAL bullets. Hmmm. The daughter sure would have a different part in this movie, then, huh? Farhad should have gone to jail, for attempted first degree murder, but that's not how the happy ending worked out. Detective Waters' brother should have been in jail, not out with his racist buddy "jacking" black Navigators; and his brother is responsible for his death, not the way his mother implied, but by shielding him from responsibility for his actions - being his enabler, to which his mother is also guilty.
Bottom line, Racism and Guns (not necessarily in that order) are the cause of all evil in the world.