How poison is protected

Rating: 8/10 (26 August 2003)

Nowadays nobody doubts that tobacco is harmful to health, but still one finds plenty of brands of cigarettes available in the market, and many people smoking and not caring about the consequences of such a dangerous practice. The causes of such a behavior are many and this film touches one of them, proving how the companies manufacturing cigarettes try to protect their market of tobacco denying any scientific fact about the problems caused to human health. In addition, the film shows the common interests of some companies like Westinghouse, and the way CBS tried to hide a good evidence of the whole problem of tobacco market and consumption. One must acknowledge and appreciate the initiative and work of the director Michael Mann for conducting such an extraordinary film, and also good acting of Al Pacino, Russell Crowe and Christopher Plummer.