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Plot: Sept. 11, 2001 was an unusually warm day in New York. Will Jimeno, an officer with the Port Authority Police Department, was tempted to take a personal day to enjoy his hobby of bow hunting, but ultim...( read more read more... )ately decided that he would go to work. Sergeant John McLoughlin, a respected veteran of the PAPD, had been up for hours--a requirement of his daily, one-and-a-half hour trek to the city. They and their colleagues made their way to midtown Manhattan, just like they did any other day. Only this wasn't any other day. A team of PAPD first responders drove from mid-town Manhattan to the World Trade Center. Five men, including McLoughlin and Jimeno, went into the buildings and were trapped when the towers collapsed. Miraculously, McLoughlin and Jimeno survived, but were buried and pinned beneath slabs of concrete and twisted metal, 20 feet below the rubble field. Though they couldn't see each other, each could hear that the other had survived, and for the next 12 hours, McLoughlin and Jimeno kept each other alive--talking about their families, their lives on the force, their hopes, their disappointments.

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  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    October 6, 2008
    It's amazing how Oliver Stone and crew recreated the trauma of 9/11, especiallly the part when the police arrived at the scene until the part showing the collapse of the towers.

    It was as if Stone was actually present at the WTC and took footage. Naturally the scene was recreated using special effects and a studio but the effect and danger was undeniably immersive to viewers.

    Thumbs up should be given to the screenwriters for faithfully capturing police lingo/language which effectively was not understood by many...which should be.

    Still some viewers complained about the use of music, especially with the moment of Nicolas Cage being pulled out from the rubble. The music sounded "too triumphant", especially considering the overall impact of the tragedy.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    January 20, 2008
    My husband felt this film was a little biased towards the Port Authority Police and not enough was said about all the firefighters did. Other than that, it was still an intense movie movie that evoked the same feelings I had while watching the original footage of 9-11
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    October 29, 2007
    A spectacular triumph. Oliver Stone has crafted another tremendous film experiance. Astonishing, stunning and incrediabley remarkable. A drama about the surival and power of the human spirit. This film packs serious emtional punch from one of histories most dramatic and disasterous events. Powerful and extroadinary. This film will take your breath away. An outstanding and unforgettable movie. Brilliant performances from it's all-star cast. Nichols Cage gives his best and most compelling performance yet. Michael Pena gives an great performance.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    August 24, 2007
    so I finally watched it...and cried and cried and cried, what a wonderful story about 'making' it, it was beautifully told...a must see
  • Not Interested
    MCT:
    August 13, 2007
    Snore.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    December 3, 2008
    At 1st I didn't want to watch this movie but my fiancee bought it and kept insisting that I did. It was a very emotional movie for me knowing that this was a true story of a tragedy that actually happened just a cpl of years ago. I'm sorry to all the ppl who lost fam & friends on that horrific day. It was horrible to watch what these 2 men went thru but the movie was portrayed pretty good. I just wished that this wasn't a true story and more a figment of a writers imagination, but its sad to say that it is real!

Comments

  • johnnydepplover15
    i think we should stop making moives on stuff of 9 11 i i only think that because what of the family who lost moms dads and borther sister friends girlfriends boyfriends wifs and husbands? how does it make them feel? watching perveiws on moive like this reading it in newspaper of it coming out. i just dont think its right its still to fresh in people minds. its just not right to think of the pain those people in the trade center with thou even if its a moive or something eles its just not right. im not saying we should forget about what happen. i think we should take a brake from making moives on our war and 9 11 . and instead of making moive on the world trade center what of the hope tower? where are they ? its been 7 years. why arnt we doing any thing about that? all thats thier is a hole why arent the amercain people mad about this? i think no scratch that i BELIVE THAT IF WE MAKE MOIVE ON 911 THEN GIVE THE MONEY TO THE FAMILYS
    posted 40 days ago
  • Matt19911
    No one wants to admit it but we just wanted to get the first hand experience on what it would have been like to be in the towers at the time of the attacks etc. This was an opportunity missed but I feel this would appeal to most Americans because they can relate to the firemans feelings etc and we all no how much Americans talk about their feelings and their dedication to their country, which is good really in times like this. But in places like Europe, we can’t get to grips with all the lovey dovey stuff and basically I just wanted to see what it was like. I’m not being fecicious but that is what I expected. I would have also wanted to see what spin they took on who’s fault the towers collasped. I don’t know whether the states are getting this information but all signs are pointing to bombs being planted. I believe the conspiracy theory now, straight after I watched a youtube video of a fireman running out to a street shouting “there’s bombs in the building!”. Also Bush‘s reaction!!!
    posted 111 days ago
  • SSxxDD
    OMG!!! R U SERIOUS PPL. COME ON!!! I AGREE WITH THE GIRL WHO COMMENTED BEFORE ME! THEY ONLY DID TWO PPL CAUSE THEY KNOW FIRST HAND. AND THE OTHER FAMILIES MAY HAVE NOT OF AGREED TO BE IN THE MOVIE. AND HOLLYWOOD DIDN'T JUST DO THIS FOR THE MONEY. I CAN'T BELIEVE U'D THINK THAT. IT'S SO PPL CAN ACTUALLY KNOW HOW MUCH COURAGE AND BRAVERY IT TOOK TO ACTUALLY GO IN THERE KNOWING THAT U MIGHT NOT COME BACK OUT. I MEAN, THIS IS FOR THE FAMILIES OUT THERE WHO LOST SOMEONE ON THAT DAY. IT'S SO PPL CAN TRULY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, HOW IT FELT, AND WHO WAS THERE. IF THEY WOULD'VE DONE IT FOR THE MONEY, THEN THEY WOULDN'T HAVE GONE INTO GREAT DETAIL. I MEAN, THIS MOVIE REALLY TELLS HOW AMERICA IS STRONG. HOW WE ALL CAN COME TOGETHER DURING A CRISIS. I SAW IT, I CRIED. I MEAN, FOR EVERYTHING THOSE FAMILIES WERE GOING THROUGH. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT MOVIE, NOT SAYING WHAT HAPPENED WAS GOOD, I'M JUST SAYING, THAT THEY MADE THIS MOVIE THE RIGHT WAY. AND ONE MORE THING, U CAN'T HATE THE ACTORS EITHER.
    posted 241 days ago
  • Moviemaiden22
    This movie was well made. I was reading other comments. People asked why the movie only revolved around those two people. Those two people were the only one's who could trully tell you first hand what it felt like to be there when the towers fell. There were only 20 people taken out of the rubble. And no they couldn't say anything about the people who jumped from the towers....that would be too much. and to add how would anyone know what any of the people up there were thinking. thier not alive to tell thier story. These two men were. They made it. and i think thier story was told in a very good light.
    posted 505 days ago
  • tambrs
    i haven't seen it and may not ?
    posted 546 days ago
  • bluedanz
    It really is a moving movie, it brought so much raw emotions to the surface and in response to the comments about how it would be boring because it revolves around 2 people, that is only 2 of 20 that survived, it says so at the end.
    posted 607 days ago
  • tracywalker1
    My mate has lent me this film, havent watched it yet, after reading all of this, not sure if I want to.
    posted 623 days ago
  • stefdownunder1
    I think its disgusting that Hollywood have to turn tragedies into money making movies. I think its just awful, what if the parents and families of the actual people who died on that horrible day saw Hollywood only talk about 2 firemen for the duration of the film. How would they feel? Well done Nick Cage, lost total respect.
    posted 627 days ago
  • flynno
    about two ppl!!! dats jst stupid lik....wat bou de ppl dat had 2 jump?? wat bou de ppl dat we smashd in2 it??
    posted 663 days ago
  • MorpheusOne
    If a movie is good then it is good, regardless of the perception of those who would go beyond casting doubt, but even hatred for a film that they very likely have not seen. Countless ppl have seen this movie & most of them enjoyed it, regardless of the negativity that this movie has received from certain ppl, many of them who don't like Nicolas Cage.

    I haven't seen this movie & I won't rate it until I do. Many ppl rate many movies on here when they don't like the looks of them, but they nonetheless haven't seen them & barely anything irritates me more...
    posted 670 days ago

Details

  • Rated: (PG-13)
  • Directed by: Oliver Stone
  • Genres: Drama
  • Released: August 9, 2006
  • DVD Released: January 29, 2007

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