BRB gonna go check some foreign movies, most of the stuff america makes into movies now days is ripoffs of foreign films and usually made so much crappier too.

People wrapping themselves in explosives has been in hollywood movies forever so why all of a sudden are you thinking they are now on a mission to make it about terrorism?

And you have this one film portraying it but how many others can you think of? One film does not set a precedent.

I am awfully glad to hear I am not the ONLY one to find this movie in incredibly poor taste and outright tacky. Perhaps if the world hadn't been witness to a man in EXACTLY this scenario actually be blown all over a street while the police helplessly watched, it would be fair game for another cheesy movie. However, someone did get blown to pieces by a bomb strapped onto them by others and forced to rob a bank....so Hollywood again shows their absolute lack of any human decency or compassion. Nothing new here.

My point is this isn't even remotely funny. Would you want to be the one forced to wear an I.E.D. (improvised explosive device) and forced to rob a bank or to kill innocent people? Ofcourse this type of thing is more common in places like the middle east where terrorists claim to be freedom fighters. Yes you are fighting for your freedom when you kidnap a 6 year old and turn them into a device for death. Barbarism at its worst.

Movies about real crimes have been made for decades and that particular case is interesting, mainly because the person the bomb was strapped to may have been involved in the original plot. That is what I remember about it and don't know if any new evidence regarding that has come out since the incident. Good chance he was completely innocent though.

I don't think movies like this have any other purpose or even serve any other purpose than to tell the story. One of the last movies that i recall that was 'based on a true story' was Aileen Wuornos and that was a movie that was justified to make and to see different angles of the story, but then I always keep in mind that movies like this are usually just based on the actual events and there is some conjecture as to what motivated the people involved and as far as that aspect we are basically seeing the writers and directors interpretation which may very well be completely wrong. That said, i take these movies with a grain of salt and does not mean i wont watch it.

Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
I am awfully glad to hear I am not the ONLY one to find this movie in incredibly poor taste and outright tacky. Perhaps if the world hadn't been witness to a man in EXACTLY this scenario actually be blown all over a street while the police helplessly watched, it would be fair game for another cheesy movie. However, someone did get blown to pieces by a bomb strapped onto them by others and forced to rob a bank....so Hollywood again shows their absolute lack of any human decency or compassion. Nothing new here.

Except it actually did happen. Truth is stranger than fiction...usually.