I watched this film by accident on cable, having no idea what it was until half way through when I bothered to pick up the TV guide. Started off interesting enough, displaying flashes of a (far superior) Arlington Road, then unfortunately degenerating into a US/"freedom"/"we are becoming just like them!"/"I love my country" babble fest. Interesting to note that half the production team have Jewish names. On the surface you could look at this film and say, "but its saying that racism against Arabs is bad:", but the 'we are becoming just like them' quotes that just keep coming really show where the true colours of the script writer lie. Politics aside, I did watch this to the end, and found most of the acting okay, (although Bening is annoying). Best part of this film is that it goes to extremes that we haven't come to expect from Hollywood. A bus blows, then a theatre, then a school under siege, it's like "god, what will they blow up next?", then the whole city is under siege!!! One good point that I did note in one of the above reviews was about the citizens of NYC not fighting back against the army, but if we can't have a little suspension of disbelief then Hollywood would be out of business. Overall, watch it if it is too cold or wet to go to the video library and/or you just want to stare blankly at the screen.
Review of The Siege
