The World Trade Center

Rating: 7/10 (13 August 2006)

September the 11th is now a day of remembrance, to remember the thousands who died in the two building's.
Yes, an important time but how many movies do they have to make? It seems like this terrible incident turned into a Hollywood money-maker! I first saw Flight 93 on TV. It was a very good movie yet it left out very important parts. Then I saw United 93 and I thought I was watching Flight 93 again! They might as well have taken Flight 93 off TV, put it into the theaters and change the "Flight" to "United". But then the World Trade Center movie came out...
The day started as John McLoughlin (played by Nicolas Cage) went off to work as a police officer. He is a great veteran cop who was put in-charge to direct his unit through the runes of the tower. The second plane soon hit, leaving John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno (played by Michael Pe単a) trapped in the rubble. A big part of this movie is about survival, and it showed how these officers had the strength to continue. I think Oliver Stone (the director) also wanted to show the audience how September the 11th didn't only effect the victim's in the towers, but also all of America.
Half the movie the camera was on Nicolas Cage and Michael Pe単a's character, but the other half was on their family's and how they were effected. The whole family got together and sat by the TV listening for updates. Each family had their own unique story which touched the audience. Oliver Stone did a good job.
I didn't understand why the camera didn't show the airplanes running into the towers though... you see the house shake, or a shadow of the plane on a building... but you never see it hit the World Trade Center. Were they too lazy to add more CGI? Also this movie was supposed to show how hundreds of officers went into the buildings to save all those lives even though they knew they might perish in the wreck. But when John McLoughlin asked his unit who will be joining him for the rescue, only 3 people stepped forward. If you are making a movie about the courage of the police then you should show it! Good movie overall. See it!