A daily comment from Midget Emma: United 93 (2006)

Rating: 3/10 (11 March 2008)

There are many theories about what really happened on September 11. There are hundreds of theories about the twin towers, next to nothing is known about the pentagon. But there are facts about what happen on the fourth hijacked plane that was meant to hit the White House. It didn't hit its target. The passengers of the flight fought back but unfortunately they crashed. This movie did not work for me.
As a movie this was boring. It was to slow and the story took to long to get started. There is nothing worse then that when you already know the story and how it ends. One thing that saved this from 1 star was the intense and thrilling last ten minutes. The only reason I would consider watching this is in respect to those who died. This would have worked better as a TV movie. I have seen a few of September 11 terrorist attack movies and documentaries so I wasn't so excited about seeing this.
The only reason I borrowed this was that Paul Greengrass directed it. He done a great job with The Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum. Again the hand held camera is used. Which makes It shaky. If you didn't like it being used in Bourne Ultimatum you may be disappointed. But it does make you feel like you are on the plane with the passengers. Which adds to the intensity of the film. Unfortunately he disappointed me this time.
Some of the actors and actresses were believable and some weren't. Also I didn't think they would show some of the passengers getting hurt. It may disturb some people.
This would have been good as a TV movie but it didn't work as a actual movie. I don't recommend this. This is one of those "if you've seen one you've seen them all" movies.
3/10