Resonates today

Rating: 9/10 (29 July 2006)

Watching the movie again last night, I realized how significant and relevant this movie remains today. In a time when many are rightfully or wrongfully held in Guantanamo for tangential relations to terrorist groups, media riling up the mobs against people like Richard Jewell without evidence, and laws which trample of civil rights being passed in the name of terrorism, this movie's message rings true today. The acting, especially that of Day-Lewis, and direction are spot on. If you haven't seen this movie, I strongly recommend it. If you haven't seen it recently, watch it again and consider how easily the same sort of injustices portrayed in this movie can repeat over thirty years later.