Many good critical points have already been made about this film, but I'll just add that some historical events are better portrayed through documentaries and viewing real time news footage other than a Hollywood script. This movie is an example of that.

Grade: BFifteen years ago, the most horrible event of the Millennium accord. Instead of center the film on the event itself, Oliver Stone decided to focus on two police officers who were trapped in a collapsed elevator shaft while responding to the event.The building crash is never shown on screen. You get glimpses of it through radio and television broadcasts. By doing this, it allows us to experience the event through the eyes of the responders who had no idea what had just happened.The film spends around 45 minuets diving into the backstory of these two officer's lives. The film attempts to make these people out as heroes, but the officers are presented as being no different than any other human being, they just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

So I heard that 10% of the money earned from this movie was going to 9/11 charities to help survivors and families of to poor souls who died. Except, over 60 million dollars was wasted on this and it didn't even make a million dollars. The families and survivors would have been better off if Mr Stone just drove vans filled with the money wasted on this up to their doors. I would have had more respect for him than I do after watching this waste of time and money. I doubt any of them have watched it because they know what happened to themselves or their loved ones. I really hope some of those actors gave their money made from this to the families and survivors. How disappointing (I can't believe this got any reviews above 5 that weren't driven by national pride or feelings of guilt).

World Trade Center is a breathtaking, emotional film that brings back the memories of the horrific events that happened to America almost eleven years ago. I can't believe it has been eleven years since that fateful day and that it took me almost six years to watch this film. This is a film that will stay in my heart for the rest of my life.This is about how two Port Authority police officers are trapped under the rubble of the Trade Center buildings and how it takes every ounce of them just to stay alive.Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena deliver two very emotional performances. I was in awe of just how well they depicted these heroes. The supporting cast led by Maggie Gyllenhaal also give moving performances.Oliver Stone directed a heck of a masterpiece. I can't believe this movie scored so low, but it is hardly surprising. After eleven years, it is still hard to recall those events of 9/11.Even though this is an excellent, well-done movie, I might not have the nerve to watch it again. I rate this film 10/10.