World Trade Center (2006)
Country: US/GER
Technical: col 129m
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Michael Shannon
Synopsis:
On September 11th 2001, Port Authority cops survive the collapse of the twin towers, but become trapped in the rubble of the concourse.
Review:
In opting for a (well-documented) eye witness version of the events, Stone's film perhaps wisely eschews the customary disaster movie dramatisation from multiple viewpoints. The corollary of this, however, is that without close prior knowledge of the timetable of collapse we are as much in the dark as the protagonists, and the drama resolves itself into a protracted wait for the inevitable uplift, sustained by an all-American focus on family values. Not bad, and probably the only conceivable film to be made so soon after the events of 9/11.
Country: US/GER
Technical: col 129m
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Michael Shannon
Synopsis:
On September 11th 2001, Port Authority cops survive the collapse of the twin towers, but become trapped in the rubble of the concourse.
Review:
In opting for a (well-documented) eye witness version of the events, Stone's film perhaps wisely eschews the customary disaster movie dramatisation from multiple viewpoints. The corollary of this, however, is that without close prior knowledge of the timetable of collapse we are as much in the dark as the protagonists, and the drama resolves itself into a protracted wait for the inevitable uplift, sustained by an all-American focus on family values. Not bad, and probably the only conceivable film to be made so soon after the events of 9/11.
Country: US/GER
Technical: col 129m
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Michael Shannon
Synopsis:
On September 11th 2001, Port Authority cops survive the collapse of the twin towers, but become trapped in the rubble of the concourse.
Review:
In opting for a (well-documented) eye witness version of the events, Stone's film perhaps wisely eschews the customary disaster movie dramatisation from multiple viewpoints. The corollary of this, however, is that without close prior knowledge of the timetable of collapse we are as much in the dark as the protagonists, and the drama resolves itself into a protracted wait for the inevitable uplift, sustained by an all-American focus on family values. Not bad, and probably the only conceivable film to be made so soon after the events of 9/11.