World Trade Center
2006
**½
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Dorff
The first act of this 9/11 drama is gripping stuff. Port Authority police officers arrive at the chaotic scene with very little knowledge of what has happened and what they should do. A few devastating moments later they are buried under rubble when the South Tower collapses. However, for the remaining 90 minutes we watch the talking heads of the two surviving officers and wait for them to be rescued while their respective families at home prepare for the worst. This true story of a "heroic rescue" is almost entirely stripped of any political context, and seems therefore rather pointless. Not quite what you'd expect from an Oliver Stone movie.
