Didactic = bad

Rating: 1/10 (7 March 2006)

I hope Wal-Mart takes this back. It sucks on so many levels it is hard to detail them all. Even the commentary was unwatchable. It reminded me of bad software documentation. Load accumulator with AX. Move AX to ACC. No kidding? I can see what you shot--- how about something a little more interesting? (See Walk the Line commentary for greatness.) Now I didn't decide to take it back just because it sucks. I decided to take it back because of the lame-a$$ anti-gun screed complete with fake "gun manufacturers" included in the special features. I agree with Peter Tosh. "Ain't gonna be no peace till man get equal rights and justice." If people are not killing themselves with guns then they will use rocks. Or famine, the most popular tool of oppression. But give 30 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto guns and they can hold off an entire Nazi division for a month. That's why Hitler agreed with the creators of this movie-- first you take everybody's guns away.
But I digress. Anytime you have huge sections of voice-over narration it is a pretty good sign the scriptwriter can't tell a story. The story spins from one improbable scenario to another. If you know anything about guns, history or politics you will dwell on the errors and not pay attention to the (bad) story-telling. The African dictator was the only sympathetic character-- which says a lot about the other characters.
This rivals the badness of Dungeons and Dragons, the movie one perceptive commenter said: "This is what happens when the director's mother owns a production company." Yes, that bad. It is so pathetic hearing the creator's talk about their limited budget. Fifty million dollars is limiting? Look what Tarantino did with 1.2 in Reservoir Dogs. I guess when your purpose is proselytizing and not entertainment there is not enough money in the world to allow narcissists the tools to make everybody believe just what they believe.
Do not buy. Do not rent. Do not torrent. Do not watch.
If Wal-Mart won't take it back I am going to reverse shop-lift it onto their shelf just so the next poor guy can be disappointed without making any more money for the creators of this abomination.