As a work of cinema, Shock and Awe is pretty mediocre. As far as production values, it seems like a Lifetime channel made-for-tv movie, and I see that it had only a limited release. That said, the film is a quasi-documentary, laying out many of the facts about how the United States was hoodwinked by a few hawks and neocons into the disastrous 2003 invasion of Iraq. Ignorant Americans really need to watch this as a part of general re-education to avoid yet another repeat of the same mistake (see also: Tonkin Gulf). Shock and Awe also should serve as a sober reminder of why it is absolutely insane to treat a group of war criminals as statesmen--as liberals have recently been doing in praising George W Bush and taking seriously the opinions of men such as Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Tony Blair. It is a mystery to me why anyone continues to seek out their opinions about anything. The misery, murder and mayhem caused directly by these people is inexcusable.
Review of Shock and Awe
