Review of The Shock Doctrine (2009) by Millo T — 30 Jan 2012
This movie, based on Naomi Klein`s book, basically defends the idea that, after a war or chaos situation, it is easy to impose a business model you like (as it happened in Irak with all the business which grew around that), but makes an exhaustive explanation of how this has been done in the last 40 years.
The documentary is not a no-taking-side one, but defending a theory, that talks from Chile to Katrina or Asian tsunami, but also Europe or Soviet Union. The probabilities that you like this movie depend a lot from your previous knowledge: it you already know this theory, you`ll find a few surprises, but not great revelations.
If you are opposed to this theories, maybe you can re-think about. I defend that the documentary says very similar things to the ones I have heard from different places, and consider most of it is true, although there are also a few exaggerations and too partial sentences.
But, however, in general terms, I agree with the contents of the documentary. But the best target for this movie is the ones who have never thought about these items: then, it is a time to think about it, and decide what you believe.
This review of The Shock Doctrine (2009) was written by Millo T on 30 Jan 2012.
The Shock Doctrine has generally received positive reviews.
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