Why I enjoy this movie, there are some faults.

Rating: 10/10 (31 May 2020)

This is one of the greatest historical movies of all time, because of the genuine commitment to historical accuracy, the emotion and rawness that can make your heart race, and the last 15 minutes of the movie. I have studied 9/11 for many years and written several papers on it and even wrote a book on it. My interest in the subject is because my dad lost his best friend that day and my high school English teacher lost his brother. The company my dad worked for at the time lost 4 people including another of my dad's friends.
There are some genuine historical inaccuracies here. The actor who played Saeed Al-Ghamdi, looked way too old to be him as he was 23 at the time of the attacks. Ahmed Al-Haznawi would have had facial hair, and Zaid Jarrah didn't have a cleft chin. However, I greatly respect how this movie portrayed the passenger revolt as it wasn't just 4 heroes, every passenger on the plane played a part. Although the younger male passengers lead the revolt, it was the flight attendants who helped them organize weapons and a plan. The one scene that really stuck with me from this movie is during the passenger revolt when Jeremy Glick snaps Ahmed Al-Nami's neck as Richard Guadagno rips the knife out of his hands. I know they couldn't cast perfect dead ringers for all the passengers, but I do greatly respect Greengrass' efforts to genuinely capture the raw hostility and fear even forcing the actors who played the hijackers and the actors who played the passengers and crew to not interact outside of filming. Overall a 10 out of 10 and a genuine powerful tearjerker everyone should watch at least once.