Fresh
An intellectually steelier case against Bush, his cabalistic administration and the Iraq war than Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11.
Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
2004 · 1h 8m · UNRATED
Documentary
Directed by
Sut Jhally
,
Jeremy Earp
Overview
This documentary places the Bush Administration's original justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by neo-conservatives to dramatically increase military spending while projecting American power and influence globally by means of force.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The most outspoken and yet in some ways the calmest of the new documentaries opposing the Bush presidency.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Although the positions are by now familiar, especially for those who have seen the previously released films on the subject, there's enough solid and persuasive analysis here to give this effort a fresh urgency.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
There's really nothing new here ... and lacking the drama and humor of Fahrenheit 9/11, it is even more likely to be preaching to the converted.
Megan Lehmann, New York Post
Fresh
There's nothing like facts to prosecute a case, and this documentary about the Bush administration's pre-9/11 determination to invade Iraq is nothing if not fact-based.
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
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