Movie Information
Overall Rank: 6059
Average Rating: 2.6/4
# of Ratings: 127
Theatrical Release Date: 08/09/2006
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon
Plot: Based on a true story: In the aftermath of the devastating attack on the World Trade Center towers, two port authority officers, Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin, are trapped beneath the rubble. Their families pull together to keep hope alive while rescuers never give up on saving them. -- Chris Kavan
Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
3.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/21/2019
Oliver Stone once again makes an effective film about a true event, and the toll it takes on its characters.
Rating of
2/4
Alex - wrote on 04/24/2009
I guess I was never bored but this was down right uneventful. Remember when tragic movies were really tragic, like Apocalypse now and many WW 1 and WW 2 movies. Stone, you have lost all things good with movies. Stop making them.
Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
2/4
Too dull for me.
Josh C - wrote on 04/04/2008
I wasn't sure what to expect with this movie, but I thought I was either going to love it or hate it. I can't honestly say I "hated it" but I was bored by it. I also couldn't help but think that if this movie wasn't about a real event that affected so many people around me that I would have probably turned it off.
The way Oliver Stone went about introducing the characters and their lives was ordinary and didn't every build anything up. They went into the building, they got trapped, they stayed their a while and they were rescued. The whole time I was hoping someone would rescue me from the movie.
If there was a silver lining with this movie, it was the emotional and heart-felt moments. I thought most of these were performed excellently by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Her performance was …
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