Harrowing from beginning to end

Rating: 10/10 (1 September 2007)

United 93 is a frightening retelling of the tragic events of September 11 2001. The film is essentially a real time recount of the horrors of the blackest day in American commercial airliner history. It is the true story of a commercial airliner hijacked by terrorists with the goal of slamming into the White House.
With the Twin Towers already destroyed by two other hijacked flights and the Pentagon already in flames, United 93 was the final assault vehicle to complete an unprecedented attack on America. Not since Pearl Harbour had America been attacked on its home soil, but come September 11 2001, all of that was about to change.
United 93 is as riveting as it is macabre to watch. Here is a retelling of the inefficiencies of bureaucracy; the inefficacy of intelligence and the lack of co-ordination between various civil and military agencies. It is the factual recount of citizen bravery; hijacking horror and absolute pandemonium.
The recreation of the events of that fateful day was dramatized by the filmmakers, but countless hours were spent on effectively developing characters akin to those who lost their lives on that flight.
This film was not produced for entertainment purposes; it is essentially an historical non-fiction documentary, dedicated to the memory all of those people who lost their lives 6 years ago. This film is an education: it simply has to be seen.