Raw, honest and superbly presented! A must see!

Rating: 10/10 (1 May 2006)

The story of flight 93 is an inspiring and heart wrenching story that needed to be told. All those of us who witnessed the events of 9/11 unfold on this fateful September morning remember clearly what we were doing and where we were. I was personally on my way to work when I heard that AA 11 hit Tower 1. 90 minutes later, I watched the Pentagon on fire from my office window. From that moment, my view of the world had changed for ever. I was quite relieved to see that this movie did not try to politicize the issue and just narrated the events faithfully, without any agenda. The footage was raw and poignant. Greengrass did not try to tone down the barbarism of the highjackers who cheered when they learned that "their brothers had hit their targets". We also get a glimpse of the terror that the passengers had to live through and overcome. The movie gives due credit to Thom Burnett's composure, heroism and leadership. A bunch of every day Americans who have been put together on this doomed flight and decided they would not go down without a fight. The movie was very well done, with very little background music and some real footage of the events. I was so shaken when it ended that I sat throughout the end credits, unable to move. I was very surprised to see a number of people from NORAAD and the FAA play themselves. How more realistic can it get? The bottom line is that this is a great movie and tribute to the first front line casualties of the war on terror and must be seen with the respect these heroes deserve.