Battle in Seattle (2007, trailer) - A remarkably stacked cast (Martin Henderson, Michelle Rodriguez, Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Carpenter, Andre 3000, Channing Tatum, Ray Liota and Rade Šerbedžija) give the dramatization treatment to the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle. The movie freely admits that no individual stories depicted actually happened, which undercuts the message a bit and does a lot to turn the whole thing into simple entertainment. There a LOT going on: the first internet-organized mass protest, a do-good-er on his last strike, police attempting to manage mass unrest, doctors and lobbyists with urgent needs that are overshadowed by rioting, non-violent vs black bloc protest tactics, and media coverage of the whole thing. Any one of these angles would have probably made a better film in isolation. Bunching them all together didn’t provide enough space for any to hit home.
Battle in Seattle (2007, trailer) - A remarkably stacked cast (Martin Henderson, Michelle Rodriguez, Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Carpenter, Andre 3000, Channing Tatum, Ray Liota and Rade Šerbedžija) give the dramatization treatment to the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle. The movie freely admits that no individual stories depicted actually happened, which undercuts the message a bit and does a lot to turn the whole thing into simple entertainment. There a LOT going on: the first internet-organized mass protest, a do-good-er on his last strike, police attempting to manage mass unrest, doctors and lobbyists with urgent needs that are overshadowed by rioting, non-violent vs black bloc protest tactics, and media coverage of the whole thing. Any one of these angles would have probably made a better film in isolation. Bunching them all together didn’t provide enough space for any to hit home.