This is not art, this is storytelling.

Rating: Null/10 (5 December 2009)

As six billion people in the world conduct their daily duties, a handful of Muslim extremists are carrying out their last prayers before they cause one of the most infamous cataclysmic events in recent world history.
Regardless of your views toward the subject matter, Mr. Greengrass chronicles the stories of United Airlines' Flight 93 with undeniable skill in his craftsmanship. The product of his efforts (and those of the brilliant cast and crew) is United 93, a gritty and blatantly created film that attempts solely to tell its story, rather than rely on the rules and tricks of Hollywood to draw massive sums of cash into the studio's coffers. The director has definitely surpassed his Bourne installments (terrific popcorn flicks notwithstanding) and showed the utmost respect for the victims of the United 93 crash--including the Muslim hijackers, drawn into the horrific business through extensive manipulation.
As I noted before, the cast is superb, as various emotions display on their faces with perfect precision. It isn't long before the viewer is sucked into the reality of the story, and cares for each passenger. Stereotypes are not used, in contrast to entertainment pieces like Air Force One in which there are distinct heroes, villains, cowards, damsels in distress, etcetera.
Though you know the depressing outcome of the fateful hijacking, you still root for the passengers to stop their oppressors. Visual junkies will be respectfully denied your doses of TNT and green screen, the only explosions here are through news footage of the tower's collapses.
And, as I comfort myself with a viewing of Men in Black after seeing this, I warn you that United 93 is not an easy sitting. Some less resilient moviegoers will be sobbing in your respective fetal positions by the film's climactic final seconds, and most of you will feel compelled to keep the DVD in your player until the credits stop rolling.
I can't see a purpose to rate this film. It was not created for the sake of artistic creativity, but to tell the story of United 93 with accurate juxtaposition to the actual predicament.