Pitiful film

Rating: 2/10 (6 May 2007)

I have loved a lot of Oliver Stones other films, but this one was just awful. I don't care about the arguments regarding the appropriateness of making films around Sept 11th... it happened, it is history, let people tell that story. What I do mind is spending two hours of my life bored senseless by this daytime TV rubbish. Pour on the schmaltz!!!! The acting was generally poor, the music was trite and some of the film was unintentionally laughable. As for the script; cor dear. The film also contained moments of unintentional comedy. Most amusing was the character of the Marine. I felt like I was watching Team America at some points in the film; the script was that bad. All the film needed was some comedy snare-drum and piccolo military music over his scenes to complete the comedy. In the end, I didn't much care for the characters and couldn't care less if they survived or not. Actually, they annoyed me so much that I rather hoped they wouldn't. Awful!