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Beyond political correctness. It's far left fascism.

posted 11 years ago by koosdelarey20
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A review from John Nolte 1 Mar 2014

**SPOILER ALERT** Most of the suspense and therefore enjoyment of Liam Neeson's new action thriller "Non Stop" comes from trying to figure out who the villain is and why this person is doing what he or she is doing. If you read the rest of this article, it will spoil the entire movie for you. Period. You have been warned.

There is no question that "Non-Stop" is a well-made, involving, not-terribly-dumb action-thriller that delivers plenty of suspense and endears Liam Neeson further into the heart of those of us who love well-made, involving, not-terribly-dumb action-thrillers. "Non-Stop" is a good movie. Heck, it is darn near very good. But the left-wing sucker punch at the end is a new low, even for Hollywood.

Here come the spoilers. You have been warned.

On an international flight over the Atlantic, burnt-out alcoholic flight marshal Bill Marks (Neeson) is hoping for a nice easy flight in first class where after sneaking a smoke and drink he might even be able to catch a little shut-eye. A text message informing him that one person on the flight will die every twenty-minutes unless $150 million is wired to an account, ruins that plan.

Counting pilots and crew, there are around 150 souls on board. Marks has 20 minutes to figure out which one is the bad guy. Red herrings abound. Is it one of the many actors whose faces we recognize but names we can't remember? People start to die. Marks is fingered as the hijackert. Who's doing this? Why are they doing this? What is their motive?

Here's the answer:

It turns out that the villain is not a hijacker but a terrorist -- someone who wants to murder everyone on the plane to further a political goal.

You ready…?

The terrorist is a 9/11 family member. Yes, you read that right; the terrorist is a 9/11 family-member who lost a loved-one in the World Trade Center on that terrible September morning.

It gets worse…

After 9/11, this 9/11 family member-turned-terrorist then joined the military but found himself disillusioned by the pointless wars.

And now…

The 9/11 family member-turned-terrorist is upset because America hasn’t done enough to ensure there will never be another 9/11. And so he figures that if he can get an air marshal blamed for a terrorist attack, America will wake up and anally probe us before we're allowed on a plane, or something.

It gets worse…

The villain's sidekick is a member of the American military willing to murder 150 innocent people for a payday.

It gets worse…

The one passenger on the plane who is forever helpful, kind, reasonable, noble, and never under suspicion is a Muslim doctor dressed in traditional Muslim garb including a full beard.

Screw you, Hollywood.

[–] Yorick_Brown 10 years ago

Bill Marks had many allies and all Muslims aren't terrorists.

There are such things as domestic terrorists.

You're reading too much into the villain's motives.

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[–] joecooper89 10 years ago

I enjoyed the movie, it was dumb but fun, as for the ending and the villains' motivations, yeah, that was bit weird; I felt it was in very bad taste, especially for a dumb popcorn movie.

[–] doubl3 9 years ago

I wish there were more movies with this feel. It was entertaining enough to not let the crazy logic be a deal breaker. I just liked the whole feel.

[–] subwoofers 10 years ago

so what was the point of bush cheney and halliburton's war in Iraq ?

[–] met76 9 years ago

Your criticism isn't valid and does not indicate this movie being "left wing fascism" (whatever that means). You basically said "out of my political beliefs, I did not agree with the fictive villains' backgrounds in this movie." But the characters are neither unrealistic, nor are they offensive from an objective viewpoint. The "Muslim doctor" as you call him, is not a villain but in fact a helpful person to the main character (to which you literally comment "it gets worse", which is a very questionable comment), but for what he know, he could be an American citizen. So an upright American citizen helps the hero to save the day. What's wrong with that? Furthermore, many acclaimed films have portrayed American servicemen as villains, and it's not unreasonable either. In reality many servicemen committed crimes and even murders. Think of Charles Whitman, or Lee Harvey Oswald, or the Fort Hood shooter, also a serviceman. In this movie, also notable, it was a former serviceman.

[–] antiotter 9 years ago

"Far-left fascism?"

That's as moronic as "far-right communism."

[–] doubl3 9 years ago

I was going to rate it an 8 due to it being entertaining, but the leftist stuff made me knock it to a 7. Honestly, though, you can't find a good movie without SOME leftist slant anymore. Not often, anyway.

One movie I would have BOUGHT if not for its leftist views is V For Vendetta, also. I can still allow myself to like these leftist movies, I just try to ignore their main point, and even twist it in my mind to be opposite just to purposely go against their intent. lol.

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[–] d_henderson1810 8 years ago

I think it is good, for once, that the Muslim man didn't turn out to be the terrorist.

I don't think it is being PC at all. I think the "Muslim being the terrorist" thing has become cliche, and maybe, just maybe, the reason it was done, was as a twist, to keep you guessing.

When I saw the film, at different points, I suspected almost major player featured, at one point or another, including Bill himself. This makes the film better, than going for the obvious suspect every single time.

So, sue the director for doing something different, and not doing what most films and TV do today. I don't see this as a political statement, just a way to keep the viewer guessing, and with me, it achieved that.

[–] SALTER-pt 8 years ago

Two notes:

(a) look up the definition of fascism. You clearly don't know what it means;

(b) get a life.

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