Sad that they demonize patriots

Rating: 3/10 (27 July 2008)

I wasn't sure what this movie was about when I watched it. It grew more and more suspenseful and intriguing, involving the government and secret projects that can look in to the past 'as it happens' but only for a select window of time.
Having said that, it is certainly a plot that is deserving of a movie. Well executed, well acted, well directed, taught, etc. Why did I give it such a low rating? They demonize American Patriots by making the main bad guy a Thomas Jefferson-quoting-patriot-murderer. Sound crazy? Yes. Indeed it is.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - This quote is used by the 'bad guy' to defend his murder, in this movie, of a woman who 'got in the way'. Anyone can see that it doesn't even apply! The woman was not a tyrant, just an innocent bystander. Those who concocted this movie, chose to also demonize a very powerful quotation from America's very foundations; to do so takes very crafty cunning of the dark sort.
It was this decision on God-knows-whose-part - to portray an American Patriot as a murderer (not even a freedom-fighter) - that ruined the whole movie for me. It is not only far-fetched with this attack on patriots, but insulting to those who believe in the America the Founding Fathers envisioned and fought for.