United 93

This was a fascinating documentary-esque exploration of the events of September 11^th, 2001. Noteably it takes an in depth look at the events surrounding the 4^th and final plane to crash, United Airlines flight 93. It takes a hard look at the nature of all the people involved, and it does an amazing work of drawing out some of the realities that were at work on that day.

It is casted with mostly all no name actors, and draws on the “everyman” card. Much of the dialogue is meaningless, if only to remind us how real the events of that day were and how the lives that it effected were not dissimilar from our own.

It’s also fairly even in it’s bias. I was pleasantly surprised by the light cast by the muslim extremists in the film, and the comments are fairly neutral. It’s an attempt to show the pain caused by that day, and how it struck everyone, not just those who lost their lives, and not just Americans.

We as humans are destroying ourselves, and this is another painful yet fulfilling reminder of how drastic the human condition, and the state of the world has become. It’s marvelously done, and features a fly on the wall, forced perspective, with a great deal of over editing to add to the confusion.

I’d give it a 2, and can’t wait for World Trace Center to come out.