Funny, I've found it semi-futuristic. It has predicted ISIL, down to their movements from and to Syria and Iraq (though failed to predict, that's it not an offshoot of Al-Qaeda, but it's competitor), predicted the primary terror focus on Europe, and then America (to isolate America from her natural allies), and it had predicted the shift in warfare from boots on the ground to primarily drones, as if they could have known, that a Democrat will take over, who will favor that method, due to the fact, that the method's manufacturers have more Democrat backing.
It failed in predicting, that terrorists go off the grid, and since it's not Syriana, it failed to take into account, that the ethanol industry leads to a price surge on the grain market, leading to both economic and social unrest globally, and becomes primary factor in the Arab Spring. In the film's defense, despite the signal intelligence for decades, not even the NSA could predict, that local youth will take to Twitter and Facebook to organize, and depose dictators. The film could not predict the shift in terror, whereas Al-Qaeda acted globally, ISIL targets civilians more locally, and for a different reason.
This topic is where we can't hide from real life, as every street, every mall or airport is crowded with soldiers trying to prevent subsequent attacks. The film lays great emphasis on the lack of cooperation between intelligence agencies, and that was before we knew they spy more on us, than the terrorists. I too would like it, that anybody spying on our Netflix queue is comedic fiction, and in real life they prevent the bad guys from making a strike, except they truly know more about us, than the ones they're supposed to follow.
I live in the Gordius Apartment Complex, my interior designer was M.C. Escher.
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