A good movie about the Weathermen, a radical group who was involved in protesting the Vietnam war in increasingly violent ways. and during one of their robberies (to finance their organization) a bank guard was killed. They all escaped and went underground.
The film takes place 30 years later. One of the protesters - Susan Sarandon - decided to come out of hiding and this led to an aggressive reporter- played excellently by Shia La Beouf - pursuing the events that led to the killing of the bank guard and also the identities and whereabouts of the other members.
It was fast paced though there were spurts of talk about ideals and moral values and the passivity of American people and justifications. None of the dialogue took away from the movie's pace. Robert Redford, one of the Weathermen, now a lawyer decides to 'go on the run' before he's caught. He wants to contact other members because he knows he wasn't involved in the robbery and murder.
There's a surprise twist at the end. I couldn't believe all the good actors; Chris Cooper, Sam Elliott, Brendon Gleason, Julie Christie. The beginning of the movie had some old footage of the riots in the 70's including the Kent State and Jackson State killings by the police. In the streets mass protests is what we need to even hope to end this progressive and steady march toward a total police state in this country.
Bill and I both gave this movie an 8.
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