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Very good!

posted 16 years ago by authorNYSE
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When did moviegoers begin to have such an agenda when reviewing movies? The acting in this film is brilliant. John Shea plays a mysterious political writer slightly unveiled as a former "farmer". This threat matrix consists of an emotionally and physically wounded soldier exacting revenge played eerily by the underrated Henry Simmons. Juliette Marquis manipulates as the impressionable "honey pot" to the not-so gullible James played with true dubious confliction by Michael Mosley. All the leads were a joy to watch as their character's motives are revealed through a shifting timeline. Mary Stuart Masterson performance was the perfect end cap to the quartet as the company woman trying to lure a rogue former agent and friend back to his senses. I loved every bit of this movie as I was able to watch with a blank slate putting my opinions and knowledge of the subject matter aside. This movie is very much in the same vein of "Fatwa" and "Sorry, Haters".

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[–] mdefrank1 16 years ago

It doesn't take a genius to make an anti American movie in Hollywood...I thought it was silly and juvenile and oh so predictable. Why make this movie except to make some kind of statement? As if we all don't know their feelings already...The Election was stolen? Retards ...we have a republic and it is done by representatives not popular vote and noone stole it...geez get over it!!!

[–] JayCeezy 15 years ago

I liked this movie quite a bit, don't understand the low rating.

I'm generally conservative, with a low tolerance for the reflexive anti-American slant of movies (and the know-nothing-or-little posters on imdb~!:-)). But I thought this movie redeemed that; "James" called the conspiracy nonsense for what it was. He asked for proof, and they came up empty. Just a bunch of angry posers, like most of the anti-American spouters.

[–] schwatime 15 years ago

I haven't seen the movie yet, so I can't comment on it.

But I just saw _Michael Moore Hates America_. Checked the previews to see whether the company was in general trying to appeal to conservatives. There weren't a *lot* of previews, so I couldn't come to an absolute conclusion, but yeah, the movies in general seemed oriented that way. The Insurgents was the one I wasn't sure about, but from what you say I'm thinking maybe it's designed to speak to the viewer's inner "love it or leave it" emotions.

[–] Daverat 15 years ago

I don't get why people think this is an anti-american film. It's a film that shows you both sides of the argument in a fairly convincing way and just to mess with your head, it fills John Shea's mouth with words right out of the Samuel Adams vein of American revolutionary thought.

John Shea doesn't say anything that wasn't said by some of the writers we hold most dear such as Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson and so on. WHat his character does do is cherry-pick which American Revolutionary ideals to serve up to his followers and he fails to compare and contrast the past and present circumstances in a way that most people would grasp. I think to really understand Shea's character, you have to have paid attention during 7th and 10th grade history where the causes of the American Revolution are usually taught. He is essentially playing Samuel Adams.
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If you watched the John Adams mini-series, think back to the way Danny Huston played Samuel Adams and you'll see what I mean,. That guy was out there! Adams was behind a number of acts we would now classify as terrorist in nature. he whipped crowds into riots! He advocated and participated in the tarring and feathering of british government agents. Tarring and feather was nasty! It caused grave bodily injury and wasn't just a frat prank - it was a type of lynching. If Sam Adams had diesel fuel and fertilizer, I don't doubt he would have used it.

I'm just saying - this is an anti-american film. if anything, it's asking that we look at our past and how we became a nation and ask ourselves if the founding fathers would approve of the Military Global Empire that is the present day USA. After all, they fought one very similar in their day and considered it the enemy of freedom.

Mind you, I think Shea's character is a lunatic and I wondered why they waited that long to take him out.