| Overall: | C- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | D- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
| Run Time: | 110 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 25 Dec 2007 |
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After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.
How do you feel about creating fictitious action entertainment based on the terrorist attacks of 2001? Why do you think the creators of this film chose to open the movie with pictures from the actual event? How do you feel about the decision to use these images?
The Saudi citizen assigned to host the US investigators often asks them to curtail their use of profanity. By ignoring his request, what additional insight do we glean about the traits of the characters? Is this an accurate representation of all Americans? Why do you think the screenwriter made these choices?
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
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