The massacre of the innocents

Rating: 7/10 (27 September 2006)

Oliver Stone carefully avoided to make of this movie a political pamphlet. It's only a sample story of how a mad and criminal act (supposedly committed in the name of a good cause) may affect the lives of a lot of innocent people and their families in a terrible tragic and dramatic way. But it's also a story of solidarity and of how people can put themselves at the service of others in moments of danger even at the risk of their own lives. The attack to the WTC that was supposed to hit USA as a global political and military target ended by killing, maiming and wounding thousands of peaceful citizens of several countries and also American civilians of several origins (Afro, Spanish, Portuguese, Scottish and others). That's the main message the movie conveys to us. Besides that we also can see how sometimes the psychological strain felt by the families of the victims can make family ties to become stronger and even enhance love between man and wife. The way the story is told and shown has no flaws or unlikelihood scenes and the visual narration is sufficiently pathetic. The acting or the performers is also good enough.