The Worst Film Ever

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

I get the point of the movie. In the current day post 9/11 United States there's so much fear and paranoia that restricting the rights of American citizens in the name of greater security is considered a patriotic act, and after any traumatic event the automatic reaction will be to look for and find a scapegoat (if possible, a Muslim) to place the blame on and then doggedly stick to that conclusion even if the evidence starts to clearly point otherwise. I get that. In the last 20 minutes or so of the movie that point is made very well and very powerfully. To me, though, the lead in to that last 20 minutes was problematic at best.The movie is a "mockumentary" about the events leading up to and following the hypothetical assassination of U.S. President George W. Bush. If I recall, some found it very distasteful that a movie would portray the assassination of a sitting (at the time) president. I'm not sure whether or not I'd call it distasteful, but to me it lost a lot of its potential power by portraying an event that didn't happen - and by treating it all so seriously. I couldn't take this seriously. Not when I knew that all of the events being portrayed were totally a product of the imagination. For that reason above all else this just did not work for me. I get the point of the movie. The U.S. government is willing to use any event (foreign or domestic) to increase its powers and to curtail the liberty of its citizens - and all in the name of "freedom." The point was made clearly, and so it was made well. But I do at least question whether the vehicle used to make that point was appropriate, and in any event I'm not in particular a fan of mockumentaries. (3/10)

Recap: A false documentary about the events leading up to and afterwards the (fictitious) assassination of the president G W Bush.Comments: This is a very well made docudrama or mockumentary, if you like. But to make everything clear, it is not mocking or funny in any way. Instead it is very serious, and very much like an investigating documentary produced by a major network, all the way to the notes in the end credits. It is a mix of interviews, archive footage and "live" coverage from the event and feeds from surveillance cameras. The result is that it feels like you watch a documentary from an event that actually happened (even though you know it haven't), in other words, it is very plausible.And that raises an interesting question, almost like a sidetrack. It really exposes the power that media has, if something so blatantly false can be made so believable.It is also an interesting comment on our real world and society and what has developed since 9/11. Patriot Act is an integral part (and hence other security measures introduced) and so is the tension in our society between groups with different beliefs.In all it is a very effective comment of our own society, and a very touching one. I made sure not to miss a moment, and it was very entertaining, even though it was a "documentary", and a false one at that.I am impressed.8/10

This is a strange and compelling movie. Mix of adrenaline filled excitement of a news flash and a touch of dryness that even the best of old-fashioned documentaries suffer from. The premise is very simple and straightforward. Somebody shoots president Bush and what happens after that fictional scenario. The movie makers are not being just anti-Bush in the most obvious way, they construct a very plausible outcome of such an act.The actors, mostly Americans are extremely believable and add an eerie touch of authenticity to this grim proceedings.This whole thing is probably in a very poor taste, but claiming to lead the Free world opens us up for all kinds of speculations. Nobody likes the self-proclaiming leader, even when he is occasionally right.

This movie should be a wake-up call to President George W. Bush and to all American citizens sympathizing him as well.This fictional documentary presents the investigations that followed after the murder of George W. Bush on October 19, 2007.But truth to be told, the only thing imaginary and set in the future is the murder of the President. Everything else presented in the movie - the investigation, the use of force by the police, the violation of civil rights, the racial profiling of the investigators, the pressure of linking the murder to Al Quaida or Syria, the false conviction of a man under the pressure of President Cheney, the Patriot Act III - all of these are the harsh reality of today's USA.There is no need for October 17 to come... because all of these are already here.