This movie is pretty good. Why haven't more people seen it?

Yeah.

Anoter thing that made me shout "idiots" at the TV aside from these gems:

The secret service would run checks on everthing from shoe size to grandmothers maiden names on every person working at that hotell, they would have no inside man in the lobby, let alone the secret service itself, it would be impossible to pull off.

And as if they'd only post one Secret Service agent with the real president? riiiight, they'd have the whole floor locked down at minimum, probably the one above and below it too.

Typical hollywood *beep*

Light travels faster than sound,
that's why people seem bright,
until you hear them.

Who are you referring to? The guy who played Enrique is Spanish, and they were also considering Javier Bardem for the part; the actress who played Veronica is Israeli; "Anna's mother" was Mexican, though. It was set to be filmed in Salamanca, but they wouldn't close down the Plaza Mayor so they could film there - see the Trivia section.

But I get your point. *I* hated that they referred to "the assassin" being shot when there had been no assassination!

"why did they have that guys brother as a hostage/bargaining chip?"

Erm... well, you just answered your own question - they had the guys brother to use as leverage, i.e. you use your special forces skills to kidnap the President or we kill your brother. I dunno, perhaps you are a single child or you hate your brother... but clearly that was a sufficient "bargaining chip".

"Who were the brothers to the Moroccan terrorists?"

Well, one was the person with the skills to do the job, and the other was the "bargaining chip" that was used to get him to do it.

But quite honestly, these things are not relevant - the movie is not about the terrorists or who they are or what their motives are; the President's attitude towards dealing with terrorism, and the pressures within his own office do indeed comprise part of the plot, but the film is essentially just about the events around the attack from different perspectives over the same time scale; we must glean what we can from these various viewpoints and extensive back-stories for all are neither necessary nor possible (due to time constraints). After all, we learned nothing about Anna and mama, did we?

I do agree that Zoe Whatshername was awful though.

"You've got lovely eyes Dee-Dee, never noticed them before, are they real?"