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American Terrorist (2020)
intelligent post-9/11 thriller
I was quite surprised when I saw it. This is really a psychological horror film! From the opening credits, I, like the characters, was unsure of where I was going (which is what the entire film is built around) and where it might lead. It seemed so unusually powerful, despite its simplistic execution. There is no overkill or excess in this film, nor is it under written or underplayed. It's just perfect! I felt ahead of the movie at its opening credits. But then, it blasted right through me and got miles ahead of me. It is an attack on our psyche and our fear, our paranoia and our distrust, the lies we are told and the lies we tell ourselves, and it's amazing how, like the film itself, 911 seemed so small and local but it lead to something so much bigger that came to define so much.