It is a sickening movie to watch.

Rating: 8/10 (11 November 2015)

It took a long time before I was able to see this movie. Hollywood does not have a good reputation when it comes to films about real events. But I was surprised to see that the events where depicted in a clean way. No superheroes running around in this movie, no over-the-top heroism. Yet, it is a bit awkward to see people, like Ben Sliney, play themselves.
It is a sickening movie to watch, because the outcome is known. Four terrorists hi-jack a plane, kill the pilots and head for the Capitol building to destroy. The passengers panic but on the airline mobile phone service they find out that already planes hit the WTC and the Pentagon. So they decide to regain control over the plane. Although they manage to take out 2 of the terrorist their action is too late, the terrorist at the control lets the plane crash. Most of the events are filmed with a hand-held camera so the movie effectively takes you into the cramped space of an air liner.
The movie is sickening because you know the passengers are not going to succeed. The movie is also sickening because you look at people, the terrorists, who believe that their god will give them access to heaven because they murder people. These terrorists seem like intelligent people, so they should know the difference between believing something or knowing something. Yet, they behave as if they have no doubt about murder. That their god orders them to do that. But it is just something they believe. Did they never ask themselves the question, what happens after death? Do we go to heaven and will our god say, ah, you did a good thing. Or will he say, oh, you are the ones that murdered these people, but your victims are already here in heaven. I can't allow you to mingle with them so you won't come into my heaven. Go next door, to hell. Anyone who knows the difference between believe and knowledge, would have thoughts like that. They didn't. Who did that to them, who brainwashed their minds so much that they chose to die. Whoever, it must be an evil person, probably someone who would never do that himself. Someone who defends the comforts of his life here on earth, who whispers the promises of death in the minds of numskull to retaliate on his enemies. It is a sickening movie to watch.