The Grid (2004)

fighting those who terrorize our families

(This review contains some spoilers.)

This is a human story that (as the cliché goes) goes beyond the headlines. The story is about a multi-layered, multi-continental terrorist plot to disrupt oil supplies and kill civilians using weapons-grade biological weapons and about the American and British agents who team up to stop it. But there is more to it than that.

The story is almost a documentary--not of events but of the characters' lives. It shows the consequences their decisions (even--or perhaps especially the little ones) have on the rest of the story. There is the brother who alerts the authorities that his brother is a terrorist. (His brother is caught and murdered when he talks.) There is the doctor who needs anti-biotics and gets them from al Qaeda. The price ends up being his sister's life, the lives of countless civilians, and he for all intents and purposes stops being a doctor, stops having a life of his own. There is Raza, the Muslim CIA agent whose instincts begin to unravel this plot. He gets information from his cousin--a cousin to whom his family owes so much and the cousin is killed.

And then, when Raza tries to disarm a human bomb who is also a child - perhaps ten years old, he too is killed.

In short, this is a story about the families and what this madness, this terror is doing to people who love and care for each other. This is not a story about a war on terror but a story about how families are terrorized and how people try to go on living amidst and despite the madness that is our reality.

I hope people see this--and realize that behind the headlines there are people being torn apart; children fitted out with suicide vests; lovers who will never see each other; fathers who will never see their sons; sons who will never see their fathers. Much has been made about the term "war on terror" and some very clever people tell us that you can't wage war on terror.

But the fact is that today, all over the globe, families are being terrorized. Because fanatics convince too many that God wants families to be afraid. So perhaps those clever people are right; there is no war on terror. Perhaps we should be clearer.

We are fighting those who terrorize our families.
April 17, 2008

Wow! All Americans should see this one!!!1

The Grid is very well done with an excellent cast covering a timely subject that unfortunately too many Americans have their heads in the sand about! They should see it and wake up!

A complementing DVD would be "Dirty War" a Brit film about terrorism in England by BBC/HBO. Dirty War is more gritty and really a stomach churner for anyone who sees it. Highly recommended to see! Do not miss it!

Tom December 13, 2007

Grid

Clever and diverse view on a current world, terrorism, different cultures.
Talented and visionary presentation.

November 11, 2007

Great mini series

It was a smart and enjoyable mini series. Good to have for any DVD collection. June 8, 2007

Minnie Series

A good example of why I like to watch or buy T.V. shows , movies .miniseries. They contain a minimal amount of swearing and sex. And are just as entertaining as the so called "art forms" of modern moviedom. This comes to the point ,entertains, is never dull, a good job all around .Has a good apect ratio for a widescreen T.V.. Good photography. March 26, 2007

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