Film Review: "World Trade Center" (2006)

As a tribute to the courageous men and women who selflessly responded to the cally to duty on that morning, Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center" works well. As a film? Not that great. Quite frankly, it's a little, well, boring. We all know the ending, we all lived through it, and we're all still coming to grips with the fallout of 9/11 and what it means for the planet five years later ... well, not all of us (the Paris Hilton crowd, I'm talking to you).

Perhaps that's why this flick didn't knock my socks off - not to sound like a high and mighty philosopher king, but these issues and events occupy a fair bit of my headspace, so historical dramas like Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan and the Passion of the Christ don't have the same impact on me as they do on others who may not take as large an interest in the topics they deal with.

Nonetheless, this film is an excellent reminder to all of us about why we must fight and defeat radical terrorists. It's because each and every day, in millions of small ways, in our homes, families and communities, America, and the West more generally, embody all of the values that Islamofascists hate, like choice, voluntarism, freedom, liberty, pluralism, respect for others, and above all else, the dignity of the individual and the value of human life.

This can never be forgotten.

Overall rating: 5.25/10