No. 13 World Trade Center (2006) 24 of 100
Five years after the devastating events of 9/11, director Oliver Stone assembled a star studded cast to try and tell some of the stories behind the disaster. It would be churlish to criticise the film too much as it is well intentioned and celebrates worthy people, but you may find it a bit mawkish and sentimental. The film centres on Nicholas Cage’s Port Authority cop John. After the attacks take place – mostly off camera; we see only a shadow of a hijacked plane – Cage is sent down to the site to assist in the rescue. He comes over as a bit cautious and fusses about looking for equipment as the towers burn and fall. I’m not sure what was being conveyed here – was he playing it safe and by the book or was he fearful of walking in to near certain death? His choices are quickly made for him however, when a tower collapses and he and his men dive into a lift entrance that quickly collapses. Most of the men are killed immediately with another shooting himself in what I trust wa...