Its fiction tale is shrill, lifeless and uninteresting.
This Revolution (2006)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:2
Rotten:9
Average Rating:4.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Rosario Dawson (SIN CITY) stars in this political thriller about ethics and the media. Nathan Crooker is Jake Cassavetes, a network cameraman with experience in war photography. His network asks... Rosario Dawson (SIN CITY) stars in this political thriller about ethics and the media. Nathan Crooker is Jake Cassavetes, a network cameraman with experience in war photography. His network asks him to cover another front: the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City. There he meets Tina Santiago (Dawson), a single mother who challenges his convictions and his heart. Using real footage shot during the convention, THIS REVOLUTION gives a human face to radical political groups and the government's reaction to them. [More]
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Nathan Crooker, Brendan Sexton, Amy Redford
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Nathan Crooker, Brendan Sexton, Amy Redford
Director: Stephen Marshall
Director: Stephen Marshall
Reviews for This Revolution
The fusion of fiction and independent journalism adds to the complexity of a story that exposes the 'news' as a narrative cowritten by the government and the TV networks.
Marshall's ambitions are admirable, but he falls short when it comes to wrapping the message in credible, compelling drama.
It's a pity that such vital, thought-provoking material has been rendered so lifeless and inauthentic on the screen.
Stephen Marshall's admirable but unfocused new film is set in New York City during the 2004 Republican National Convention.
Marshall says he was inspired by the Haskell Wexler cult classic Medium Cool, filmed at the infamous 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. He has a lot to learn before he'll be anywhere near Wexler.
As any revolutionary knows, there's a big leap between theory and practice, and that leap proves too much for tyro helmer Stephen Marshall's This Revolution.
It's the kind of engaged, political filmmaking that is rarely seen today, and it's a welcome and powerful addition to the canon.
Director Stephen Marshall is more activist than film theorist, prone to editorializing ('I'm certainly not going to sacrifice profits,' one journalist character sneers) without the equivalent of Wexler's formal rigor.
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