We can be heroes, just for one day

Rating: 4/10 (21 September 2006)

The second "9/11" film for 2006. This one tells the (dramafied but real) story of two port authority officers that find themselves trapped under the debris of the collapsed twin towers and in need of rescue.
It starts as the day started: perfectly normal. The commanding officer deals out the orders for the day and the briefing is done. Then the news comes that a plane has crashed into one of the two towers and the action starts rolling.
The bulk of the film plays as two separate stories: the two officers laying in the debris, and their family and rescuers trying to get to them and finding out what happened. It plays on emotion, becomes overly sentimental and tries to put up some "real" heroes.
And just that is the point where it fails miserably. At least for me. It is just one big streak of patriotism and personally I don't think that is necessary in a film, or anywhere else for that matter.
4 out of 10 scared family members. Clearly not designed for a non-US audience.