A reactionary horror

Rating: 1/10 (31 August 2006)

Oliver Stone and Paramount have gone under cover of the 'based on real events' shield in order to create one of the most shockingly propagandist blockbusters of the last twenty years.
The film offends on a number of levels, not least because of its exploitative and unnecessary depiction of the suffering of those who were trapped in the World Trade Center on September 11 2001. Stone must be congratulated for suddenly becoming one of the most important men in American politics; this film is his calling to become, after a rocky road, best buds with his fellow Yale attendees the President and Vice President of the United States.
For consistency in a seemingly chaotic world, we can hope the Bush Administration as well as the box office rewards Mr. Stone for this very special (in the way one might refer to a child who's a little slow and worryingly destructive) contribution to the Patriot Act and War on Terror. Of course, stability of this sort would be small comfort, as 'Patriotism' has been for people residing in the States. World Trade Center is an ultra conservative movie which has as its central recommendation the unsettling amusement that $60 million was spent on creating this kitsch, facile house of cards. Those who were directly affected by the events which destroyed the World Trade Center and those who are currently experiencing the devastating human and political consequences of 'post- 9/11', deserve far better than this dire and noxious formula.