Battle in Seattle

Battle in Seattle

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  • Genre: Action, Drama
  • Release Date: 2007-09-07
  • Runtime: 99 minutes
  • : 6.317
  • Production Company: Insight Film Studios
  • Production Country: United States of America
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6.317/10
6.317
From 255 Ratings

Description

Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although it began as a peaceful protest with a goal of stopping the WTO talks, it escalated into a full-scale riot and eventually, a State of Emergency that pitted protesters against the Seattle Police Department and the National Guard.

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  • Wuchak

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    By Wuchak
    **_Rebels needing a cause vs. SWAT police in Jet City_** I never knew there was a battle in Seattle and learned that the ‘battle’ refers to the protests that halted the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) summit in Seattle from Nov 30 to Dec 3. Not being a fan of the typical ‘protestor’ who annoyingly blocks traffic, I put off seeing this docudrama; the fact that it bombed at the box office didn’t help. However, it works by informing you of the WTO with further details at the climax concerning the near future, not to mention writer/director Stuart Townsend seamlessly interspliced footage from the actual event into the proceedings. The fictional dramas also surprisingly hook the viewer, shallow though they may be. Woody Harrelson heads the cast as a tough police officer with a shaved head and Charlize Theron plays his pregnant wife. Meanwhile Ray Liotta is on hand as the mayor under pressure while statuesque Connie Nielsen plays a journalist who starts to sympathize with the protestors, the latter represented by Martin Henderson, André Benjamin, Michelle Rodriguez and Jennifer Carpenter. So, this is a compelling enough production with a quality cast that effectively documents a piece of modern American history; Townsend should be commended. It’s just hindered by the fact that, anymore, the average citizen couldn’t care less about eye-rolling ‘protestors.’ Get a freakin’ job and add something to society! It runs 1h 38m and was shot in Seattle in Nov-Dec, 2006. GRADE: B-

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