I found this movie chilling and insightful.The basic thesis is that governments are faking terrorist incidents in order to justify the erosion of civil liberties.
Jones presents a variety of different types of evidence: photographic, filmic, audio, and so on, that seem to bear out his theory, but it is his interviews with such people as Michael Meacher (a UK politician of real integrity), David Shayler (MI6 whistleblower) and others that is the real meat of the film, and constitute the most convincing elements.
It's perhaps a little let down by some of Alex Jones' Michael Moore-style grandstanding, but perhaps that's just my Brit sensibility. I prefer a more balanced and hands off directorial style, like that of Adam Curtis (Power of Nightmares). There are some silly inconsistencies that are just journalistic sloppiness, and the film is way too long (I think a lot of the Charlie Sheen stuff, for example, and Jones' shouting at Parliament through a loudhailer could have been cut, but the overall picture the film draws is believable and the interpretations convincing.
One to see with an open mind.
Jones presents a variety of different types of evidence: photographic, filmic, audio, and so on, that seem to bear out his theory, but it is his interviews with such people as Michael Meacher (a UK politician of real integrity), David Shayler (MI6 whistleblower) and others that is the real meat of the film, and constitute the most convincing elements.
It's perhaps a little let down by some of Alex Jones' Michael Moore-style grandstanding, but perhaps that's just my Brit sensibility. I prefer a more balanced and hands off directorial style, like that of Adam Curtis (Power of Nightmares). There are some silly inconsistencies that are just journalistic sloppiness, and the film is way too long (I think a lot of the Charlie Sheen stuff, for example, and Jones' shouting at Parliament through a loudhailer could have been cut, but the overall picture the film draws is believable and the interpretations convincing.
One to see with an open mind.