Homeland Security
by Daniel Sackheim
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Actor: Grant Show, Kal Penn, Marisol Nichols, Scott Glenn, Tom SkerrittDirector: Daniel Sackheim
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Homeland Security
DVD Review: 9/11 story
Summary: 4 Stars
Homeland Security lives up to what had happened on that day. From the views of the writers director & producer as to what had happened and what had happened for days after. Good action/drama movie for you that enjoy the type, I enjoyed it GREATLY!!! Have watched several times since I bought it. A good investment in action/drama movies.DVD Review: Should be watched in place of false movies such as fahrenheit 9/11
Summary: 5 Stars
Finally, a movie (first made for a tv series) that shows the truth about went happened and how we had so many clues but failed to connect the dots to prevent 9/11. I'm sure this movie didn't get publicity becuase it doesnt have hollywood stars portraying America as the bad guy. Great stuff. Rent it.DVD Review: A Bumpy Ride Through an Attempt to Explain 911
Summary: 3 Stars
Television pilots that fail to be picked up as series are showing up on the shelves as movies and the transition is all too apparent. HOMELAND SECURITY was supposed to be a series for TV, a form of explaining how the Department of Homeland Security came into being after the tragedy of 911. The 'film' version is mildly instructive, mildly entertaining, and in the end it is a hodge podge of ideas of how a long series might run crammed into 87 minutes.
What begins as a diatribe against the lack of cooperation and interaction among the CIA, FBI, and military intelligence (lower case intended!) suggesting that had their been centralization of information, perhaps 911 could have been prevented, ends up as a sprawling m?lange of ill-connected pieces. The problems arise in attempting to explain the intricacies of the schisms in Afghanistan (a lot of pyrotechnique footage for this confusing section) along with the preludes of terrorist sub rosa influx into the country, footage from the 911 events, and personalization of some of the perpetrators and victims - all in compressed time broken by obvious black screen moments where TV commercials were placed.
The cast (Tom Skirett, Scott Glenn, Grant Show, Marisol Nichols, et al) tries hard to make the fuzzy script (written by Christopher Crowe) work, but the direction by Daniel Sackheim is jittery and ultimately seems to sell out to the political Right - probably at the demand of the non-cable TV network. Probably at the inception of the idea of tracing the evolution of Homeland Security as a force more intelligent in centralization of information was a good idea. It just gets too watered down and relies on the repetition of the line 'it was all there in front of us waiting for us to connect the dots'. Still, some food for thought. Grady Harp, August 05
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