Review of The Guys (2002) by Mike M — 19 Sep 2009

9/11 was a disaster that still devestates us to this day. We can't forget the horrific visions that we saw on that day and probably never will. I myself have been to gorund zero and seen for myself the terrifying and upsetting wreck that ws the mighty standing tall monument that was the great World trade center.

When I heard that Hollywood was taking notices of this tragedy, I knew I wanted to see them all. The Guys was one that I really wanted to see. I have seen Flight 93, United 93 and World Trade Center, so I was happy to see that the film was finally playing on UK's tv station ITV.

The film is mianly based around two strong principal characters. These characters are the journalist and the fire captain who are still trying to come to terms with the hundreds of deaths of all the firecrew who lost their lives during the towers collapse.

Sigourney Weaver who has always been one of my fave actresses give a star turn, even Oscar worthy performance as Joan and Anthony LaPaglia who I have liked ever since I saw him in Innocent Blood, gives a heart wrenching performance as Nick, the fire captain whose grief for his men has not yet subsided and who had to say heartfelt eulogies for every man he lost on that tragic day.

The conversations that they share was extremely well scripted and the emotion is so well put across that you could easily mistake it for genuine. maybe even it was, maybe both Weaver and LaPaglia did experience their own emotions during the real attack and used it to the max and it shows in their perfomances.

The film never gets boring and I found it extremely poignent. The friendship the two share throughout the film is not a romance kind of friendship, even though during the movie they seem to be hitting it off.

The friendship they share is a connection in some way, it can't be described but there is definately some closeness between the characters. The conversation does just stem on the eulogies but dancing, fantasies, but also visions of the real life aftermath and memorials.

Children's pictures of lost parents, newspaper clippings, lit candles, all well placed in the movie and you are drawn into it as if it's not a film you are watching. It's more like you are watching something thats real.

It's amazing how two strangers could form a friendship on something so tragic and yet they do and it's interesting to see and somewhat engaging too. I even wish that we could turn back time and stop 9/11 from happening just as much as the characters desire to do so also.

9/11 is never forgotten.