A travesty

Rating: 1/10 (12 August 2006)

There is no doubt some great technical work in the film, but that is where the genius stops, and the Hollywood begins. This film doesn't try and tell an original story, but rather tries to recreate the horrible insecure feeling of doubt and horror we all felt during 9/11 and then the unity we all felt thereafter...and fails horribly. Not only does it fail to focus on the main events during the characters real story, but it creates the most annoying and offensive character to ever grace a screen in the generic Christian Marine who comes and saves the day. Stone looses his ability to tell a controversial story effectively and thus creates a film that seems inspired by the writers at hallmark, and not the pride and courage created out of everyday men like the two in this film.