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“Siege” Movie Details
Siege tagline: On November 6th our freedom is history
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| Directors: Edward Zwick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 out of 24,369 votes |
“Siege” Movie Review
“Siege” Plot Summary
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York that lead to the declaration of martial law. add synopsis
A Remarkable Film
This is a remarkable movie from the director of Glory (also starring Denzel Washington). Not so much because it was a believable movie at the time it was made, but because of the eerieness of many of the scenes. If you pay attention, there is even a shot of the Twin Towers, which is very unnerving. Denzel Washington standing in front of the rubble of his office, which has just been blown up… This is probably just speculation on my part, but what went through my head when I re-watched this movie recently, is whether it was possible that the 9/11 people had seen this stuff. Beside the blown up buildings and the shot of the Twin Towers is the way hardline general Bruce Willis goes about solving the problem – doing _exactly_ what Ariel Sharon has recently done in the West Bank. Lock off the town/neighborhood, arrest all males in a specific age range, lock them up in temporary concentration camps (in the Boer War sense of the word) and see who’s wanted. One of the more questionable avenues the film takes is the justification of torture to obtain information, although it is also shown to be useless in the second of the two incidences.
Another thing to note is that this movie simply isn’t the same movie after September 11th. Which is remarkable of itself, because most movies about current events are made before the fact, rather than after.
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A deep, political action thriller – I liked it!
I have read other user comments, and when I’m not hearing ‘good film’ I’m hearing ‘racist garbage!!!!!’.
Get over it people.
I liked the film, and found it gave unique perspective to the plight of the Palestinians and other minority groups in the MidEast (although it could have used more detail on these), and the machinations of various service operatives within the onion that is the US undercover world.
It had everything – people dying for what they believed, US cover-ups that we’ve all become accustomed to, and things blowing up!!! As someone said in the movie ‘What if it was black people? Or any other people?’. This film is NOT AIMED AT MIDDLE EASTERN CULTURE!!! There were references to the Oklahoma bombing, and was THAT race-based crime?
This film merely uses these people as an example of what ANYONE, no matter the colour of their skin or place in the world, is capable of. It is telling one chapter of a story about terrorism, and it could be anyone from Muslim seperatists through to the cults that seem to spring up and burn down overnight.
Highlights for me were the character development. Denzel Washington is always a pleasure to watch, and his portrayal of the guy who just wants to keep his city safe is great, and similar in some ways as ‘Crimson Tide’ – the ExO reluctant to bomb the world into oblivion. However, I feel he is becoming a little typecast in this ‘upstanding hero’ role. Try something else Denzel!!!
Bruce Willis played very well the man set to do his duty. His ulterior motives remained pure, but his methods went a bit astray at the end. Refreshing to see Bruce Willis playing a ‘bad’ guy for a change. Not so much ‘bad’ as ‘human’.
Benings’ first few scenes were a little wooden, and her swearing isn’t convincing (she can’t say f*$k and sound like she means it). But her character came along nicely at the end.
Disappointments: the gung-ho, testosterone flag-waving that we have come to expect from the USA. But being a cynical Aussie, that’s only natural. Some of the lines were a bit corny.
I give it 7.5 out of 10.
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Too Close to Reality
I liked the Siege the first time I watched it. I then watched it again following the World Trade Center disaster. It sent a chill down my spine the second time I watched this film. I think it highlights what could happen following Terrorist activity, and I only hope that in reality we don’t do what is portrayed in the film, although we may not be so lucky.
The film seems to have done their research regarding Terrorist groups. If you haven’t watched it since the disaster, watch it. It will surely seem like a different movie now.
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‘Siege’ – On November 6th our freedom is history
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