UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

witster18 First, this isn't a political film, this is a character-driven film. I hate I have to even touch on the politics. The trade centers went down. Fact. Because of terrorists, fact. THey killed 3,000 people in 3 hours. Fact.The film doesn't show the towers falling down. The film doesn't mention anything about why, who, or what motivated anyone. It focuses on a small group of men, risking their lives to save others in the light of tragedy, and in the process, creates onE of the best dramatic duo performances of the decade.Cage and Pena are truly incredible here! Undoubtedly the best performance from Pena and Probably the second best performance or even equal to Leaving Las Vegas for Cage. Tour-De-Force acting. Surprised Michael didn't get an Oscar nom here. I can see why anti-American's would hate this film. It shows everything that is great about Americans and New Yorkers in 2 Hours.It's quite simply the best 6.0 film on IMDb, and more deserving of 8/10 imo. 81/100 is where I'm scoring it. It's not the best film I've ever seen but it's a very strong film, and easily top 10 for the year it was released. The film is about the moment, not any motivation or reaction. Period. Get a life people.Watch this movie if you haven't. Strike every 1-2 star rating as American-hate - No movie with these types of performances should even sniff those low-scores... the movie doesn't have an agenda but anyone who would score it a 1-2, with this quality, most assuredly does(you can take that to the bank). 1 or 2? I mean seriously? Did you even watch the movie? No. THey didn't. And if they did, I couldn't trust any other review they'd ever given/written. Moronic.Very. Good. Movie. At the bottom of Stone's Top-5 imo.Here is how good the movie is... the worst thing about it... is Maria Bello's contact lenses.

Prismark10 On September 11th Port Authority police officers John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno are sent to the WTC when the first plane crashes. As they try to evacuate people, the Towers collapse and McLoughlin and Jimeno are trapped in the debris whilst their fellow officers are killed instantly or die soon after.I expected World Trade Center to be a rescue film as heroic policemen or more accurately Nicolas Cage goes and try to rescue people from the rubble. Not that they themselves are trapped in the rubble with most of the film taking place in the dark as the rest of the film deals in emotional turmoil of their families cross cutting with the trapped policemen in peril with salvation arriving in the form of a religious, zany and rather on the edge Marine who speaks in slogans. We are told at the end of the film that the marine later did two tours of duty in Iraq (a country which by the way had nothing to do with 9/11 but I am sure the way the character is presented in this film gleefully took vengeance on the Iraqi people!)The films is based on a true story and not a tale I knew about as I came to this film with little knowledge of the plot. Oliver Stone is more restrained in his directing style (keep the camera moving is his motto!) and the film does present challenges for Stone.This ranges from his left wing views that is tempered here, to being respectful to the 9/11 events and this true story of the rescue but also the technical challenge of re-enacting the disaster. Obviously they have created a CGI Twin Towers in the establishing shots of New York and then used archive footage of the aftermath of the incident and the Towers with the plot of the film although not successfully integrated.The film conveys the confusion that occurred on that day but pacing is a problem especially when the police team are literally walking to the disaster area and of course when they are later trapped it is then just two guys talking to keep each other going which of course makes the story drag but its also devoid of tension.

stephen-hoyland I've TRIED to like Nicolas Cage - believe me,I've tried - but the man Is so boring and totally un-versatile It's like seeing the same character In every last thing he's been In! The fact that his real name Is Coppola (Yes,his Dads' brother Is Francis Ford Coppola)and that he alleges to have changed his name to 'avoid the connection and make It on his own merit',he nevertheless had his career kick-started by his uncle Francis. In short,two hours of him being stuck under a pile of rubble Is enough for him to show his entire gamut of acting 'skills'. Now,to the Movie Itself. An absolute pile of flag-waving garbage - and that's about It,really. We might,of course,ask - 'what the hell was the huge, $63,000,000 budget spent on' (other than lining the pockets of Cage and Co.)? I've tried to work It out but other than a few million cups of expensive coffee for the cast and crew,well,who knows? There's just nothing good to be said about this embarrassing pile of Cinematic refuse. Oliver stone - and Mr.Cage,of course - must have been laughing all the way to the bank. If anyone outside of the 'good old US of A' has anything good to say about It, It'll be a miracle. Don't waste your time on this....and demand a refund.

Fielga Just to get the full disclosure out of the way, I cannot think of one Nicolas Cage performance that I can stand. For whatever reason, everything he does is counter to what I enjoy seeing. Whether or not that has an impact on my rating of this film, I'm really not sure. Just wanted to get that out of the way for honesty's sake.Now on to the movie itself! The beginning seemed to hold promise for a few minutes, but there's just something unpleasant about the way it was filmed that makes watching it a painful experience. And for me, it wasn't painful in a sympathetic or patriotic way, just painful in a "wow this movie isn't any good" kind of way. It has very few redeeming points to it for me. The acting wasn't awful (Cage being the exception, but refer to my opening disclaimer for that one), the script was passable enough, the camera work was mediocre, it just left me with an overall feeling of "meh."If there's anything good that I can say for the movie, I did enjoy how it focused on the interaction of these two men and how they managed to survive rather than focusing on the source of their predicament. In many ways it can be called more of a personal drama film than a film about September eleventh.However, I strongly suggest watching the movie with the commentary on. One of those who narrates through it is Will Jimeno and it was really an enriching and touching experience to hear all that he had to say about his experiences. The special features are significantly more valuable than the movie itself.