Comments on: Why couldn’t Jackson’s terrorism thriller avoid a direct-to-DVD fate?

By: citykillu

citykillu — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:28:10 +0000

the production value was crap. 24 and csi have better production value.
no one would have gone to a theater to see this.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:38:20 +0000

no wonder it went straight to DVD. it woulda bombed at the box office. no one is buying that bull[crap] equating Muslims with terrorism anymore. besides that, there was way too much crap. They had three days to evacuate the big metro areas, but they didn’t? They evacuated government officials only? Like who? Mayors, and City council members? LMAO

By: bobsuncorp

bobsuncorp — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:33:49 +0000

I think it’s fairly obvious why it was never released in theaters. Having seen the movie (just) I can say that it is not an investigative thriller like 24, it is a feature length commentary on the use of torture as an interrogative method. We have the for, the against, we have the kind of high stakes situation that forces you to choose a side (10 million people means that you can’t just ignore it). It isn’t even a ridiculous toroture porn movie that is only realistic to the victims of psychopaths. This is a movie that could easily be happening right now, and it is not a cheery thought.

By: chubbco

chubbco — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:51:04 +0000

@Ron, I feel you. But there’s nothing like the feeling of being a crowded theater and the audience is so entranced, so caught up in the action, that you can hear a pin drop. It’s fantastic, exhilarating, intense. I had that experience at the one public preview we had on Unthinkable.

It’s also great to be in a jam-packed theater with a crowd rocking with laughter, but I didn’t have that experience with Unthinkable. (smile)

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:01:51 +0000

As far as I’m concerned they can close all the theaters and just put the movies out on DVD. (Apologies to those who sling $4 Cokes and $5 popcorn, and tear paper in half, but you’re not getting my money anymore). Movies look just fine on HDTV (especially Blu-Ray) and the cost of going to a theater (unless all you do is watch the flick) is just tooooooo f-in high.

By: Conservative Filmlover

Conservative Filmlover — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:00:15 +0000

cftoto, the simple truth that all conservatives know well is that Hollywood liberals are cowards and sychophants more interesting in appeasing Islamic terrorists than rooting for the USA.

By: cftoto

cftoto — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:53:53 +0000

Thanks for all the passionate comments … I sent a message to the producer via the link supplied above. Perhaps I can get more information on this topic. More and more quality films are going straight to DVD these days, but what struck me about this one is that it appears to be very marketable. I recently spoke highly of “Tenure,” a comedy starring Luke Wilson. That went straight to video, and in a way I can see why. Wilson isn’t the kind of actor to guarantee a crowd, and the film’s quiet charm and sly humor isn’t easy to sell to the public.

But a taut action/thriller about a terrorist attack? What movie marketer couldn’t have a field day with that?

By: l/\linter/\/ight

l/\linter/\/ight — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:41:08 +0000

It really is a shame, truly, what our late great country has come to. The socialism and corruption in Washington has finally reached our movie theaters. I completely agree with Mrs. Right and Misanthropicus. This has to do with the 0bama admin. tolerance of Islam policy(p.s. Check out 0bama’s speech about praising a comic book about tolerance of Islam, what kind of POTUS did you people elect??). It does also have to do with Hollywood’s fear of Islamo-Fascism. The same thing happened with “2012″, where they had to remove the scene with Mecca being destroyed by nature(not by man, mind you). Hollywood is a bunch of pu$$ies if you ask me, grow some balls and then the people will maybe start coming back to the movies. Or maybe its too too late. Goodbye and good riddance Hollywood AND California.

By: fallon

fallon — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:40:59 +0000

Do you think Four Lions will be released in the US?

By: not-impressed

not-impressed — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:02:24 +0000

And not to long ago this very movie played out in real life, minus the last blow from the hidden 4th nuke… terrorist caught in attempt to bomb downtown New York? Do you think Jackson sat around and took notes during THAT torture session, hoping to get a glimpse of what it’s really like to be associated with a no-law government.

The man with the gold makes all the rules… say’s the ruling elites. Hollywood is their perversion and main stream news casters is their mouth piece.

And Dan, great point. I watched Prince of Persia for the simple fact of revealing hidden meaning and all I found was Freemason/occult symbolism every now and again…