Shock and Awe
A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."
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- Cast：
- James Marsden , Woody Harrelson , Rob Reiner , Jessica Biel , Milla Jovovich , Tommy Lee Jones , Richard Schiff
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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
How sad is this?
A Major Disappointment
This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Why all the critical hate on this film? Maybe critics just don't like it when they look in the mirror and it displays a 'subject matter' full of post 9/11 public manipulation, military intelligence lies, complicit dishonest journalism, deceitful Politicians, the ruthless ambitions by a corrupt cabal so as to force political agendas to capitalise on oil monopolisation and to justify a 'democratic crusade' into the middle east... !!?I found the Direction of the film to be solid - it is a slow burner - but it is a great depiction of the frustrations of the Knight Ridder newsagency, not being able to get a word in, about the dishonest activity of the 'W' administration (cabal) at the wheel of a government out for blood!The cast were terrific, the dialogue and script were brilliant - 'Shock and Awe' is not an action film - OK - it is more like a docu-drama - it had me on the edge of my seat, throwing pillows at the screen and screaming in frustration! If your speed fuelled mind cannot tolerate a slow docu-drama, politic filled film, with facts flying endlessly at your eyeballs and filling your mind with impulses for RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE ... then go watch something else like Jumanji ....Top film - Top marks! The system is Corrupt ....
The film of the expose of an impending fraud surrounding the run up to the Iraq War by the Knight Ridder News Service is itself as expose of how ignorant people were kept at the time. And the fact no one in the GW Bush Admin carried the can for the war and no impeachment took place does not bode well for our political system, Rob Reiner's film accuratelly tell a story that few at the time wanted to know and many wanted to forget after the bloody mess was over.It is a warning to America for the future.
I always maintained that it was idiotic to believe Bush.
Reiner and his friends are of the mindset that if we make enough of these movies we will eventually get people to feel guilty enough to see them. Had all the usual cry baby liberal points to chant no blood for oil. I fought in Iraq a couple times and I thought this movie blew. I was not a fan at all. I guess that's why it made 40 grand at the ticket counter. You'd think with all the stars in this you could get more than 10 people in the theatre. Dont see it!