United 93

**** Stars

"United 93" is a monumental film. It is a brutally stunning visual that will stand among the crowning achievements of 2006.

We all know what happen on the horrific day five years ago. It was shocking, horrifying, disturbing, and most important...heroic. Director Paul Greengass completely honors the tragic victims of the day the world stop turning. United 93 is a visualized account of the fourth hijacked plane on 9/11. It begins as an ordinary day at an airport. The pilots discuss their flight routes, the attendants discuss their upcoming schedules, and the passenger’s board a routine flight for work, vacation, family visits etc. What happens next is nothing close to ordinary.

Four hijackers take over United 93, along with three other planes. They kill the pilots, hold the plane hostage and change course to a different location. The crew and passengers begin to understand about the World Trade Center and The Pentagon through their cell phones and their families. They realize that their only chance of survival and to prevent another attack is to try to tack back the plane. You know the rest.

Greengrass is a respectable and honorable filmmaker. This is a documentary like film that has no time for Hollywood waste or political garbage. It is simply a tale of heroism and how those in the air and those on the ground made the best decisions possible to prevent more devastation. Families of the victims are encouraging all Americans to see this film. They want us not to mourn those who died, but to celebrate their lives and their acts of true heroism. Shouldn't we honor that? Paul Greengass and the cast and crew of "United 93" sure do. This is a film to remember.