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November. 06,2009 NR

Rating：

7.7

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Economics Capitalism Financial Crisis

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From the acclaimed director of American Movie, the documentary follows former Los Angeles police officer turned independent reporter Michael Ruppert. He recounts his career as a radical thinker and spells out his apocalyptic vision of the future, spanning the crises in economics, energy, environment and more.

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Reviews

Cubussoli

2009/11/06

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Exoticalot

2009/11/07

People are voting emotionally.

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Gutsycurene

2009/11/08

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

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Mandeep Tyson

2009/11/09

The acting in this movie is really good.

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Amy Livingston (alivingston-16543)

2009/11/10

All you will hear from this film is everything that you don't want to know. But Michael Ruppert said it anyway. It's easier to not give a damn to everything that he's saying and everything that's happening anywhere. But he has shown that it might not be good idea if you aim to live and not just exist.

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denis_deu

2009/11/11

This topic has been the lime-lite since decades,the facts are true no doubt,the movie lacked presentation,in the whole 120 mins we could just see the narrator babbling,and gloriously smoking,the first thing he should do is to reduce CO2 ..... well if he says fight GLOBAL WARMING in my opinion movie could have been more effective by adding more substantial facts,than just repeating the same things again and again making it monotonous .Of course it is the need of the hour to move our steps together so that we can give our contribution towards a better and Eco friendly Earth .Message is delivered to the audience.Well to me the movie was so so.I generally do not write a review but I did this time. there are plenty other documentary which according to me have connected well to the viewers.I would rate this movie 4 / 10.

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roder-69702

2009/11/12

Several years have passed since the movie came out. I just saw it on my Amazon and watched it. So amazing this guy has been inside the belly of the beast and is warning us while the outside is thinking, the Titanic can't sink, and promptly go back to the bar. I am physically, mentally, spiritually (not religiously), self sufficient in many ways. If the time comes, and I sincerely hope it doesn't, I will not be freaking out. I can go to the bar. The non-mainstream economists are all saying the collapse has started. We just don't see it on the pages or in programming.This empathetic man told us everything we need to know what is ahead and how to survive it. We are big enough to believe him and act, or ignore it and think it can't happen. If it does, we can hope the government will take of us but they never have before. Beautiful filmmaking.98th Monkey

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etaylor34275

2009/11/13

I watched this last night, and found it compelling and scary. I am wondering why Glen Beck is rolling in dough and has a cult following while Michael Ruppert is going broke! We need to wake up, but, having said that, I fear that it may be way too late for that...I fear we may be past a tipping point. Fear,ignorance, hate, intolerance, greed....thy name is mankind. This is a must see, but beware...in my opinion, Michael is a unique combo of genius and crackpot and you need to know how to discern the line..he's a visionary with an unpopular message that does not resonate with our current new crop of politicos...at the very least, it will make you think...never a bad thing.

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