World Trade Center

Rating: 5/10 (8 September 2009)

This was the second film to show the devastating incidents of September 11th 2001, after United 93, from director Oliver Stone. Basaically it is a normal day on New York city (the date has already been mentioned), when all of the sudden, the North Twin Tower is seen on fire, and police officers, including John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Will Jimeno (Michael Peña), are called to the scene. Not long after the second tower is hit by another hijacked plane, and not long afterwards, the floor collapses underneath McLoughlin and Jimeno. They are still alive under the huge amount of rubble, and even with their bodies in pain, they are not giving up hope waiting for help to come. Eventually it does come, and both get out alive with very bad injuries, and are seen as heroes, as well as the people who saved them, showing even with evil, there is always good to go against it. Also starring Maggie Gyllenhaal as Allison Jimeno, Maria Bello as Donna McLoughlin, Stephen Dorff as Scott Strauss, Jay Hernandez as Dominick Pezzulo, Michael Shannon as Dave Karnes, Anthony Piccininni as JJ McLoughlin, Alexa Gerasimovich as Erin McLoughlin, Morgan Flynn as Caitlin McLoughlin, Armando Riesco as Antonio Rodrigues and Jon Bernthal as Christopher Amoroso. I have to admit I found the dialogue a little cheesy, and it was sentimental, but remembering that it is based on fact and set in the horrific event, you have to try it. Worth watching!