Exerts an electrifying sense of tension

Rating: Null/10 (12 May 2007)

The first major film about the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, this unflinching drama sets a standard of excellence and integrity which any subsequent dramas are going to struggle to match.
British director Paul Greengrass adopts a documentary-style approach to the story of United Airlines flight 93, the only plane that failed to reach its target during the attacks on New York And Washington.
Many of the actual air traffic control and military staff appear as themselves, while the actors playing the crew and passengers aboard the aircraft will be unfamiliar faces. Once the plane is in the air, the film unfolds in real time, ticking down the seconds until disaster, and exerts an electrifying sense of tension, even though the outcome of events is in no doubt.