Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
Immediate Pictures | Release Date: September 10, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
If you're in the mood for a horror movie, this ought to do you. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
An intellectually steelier case against Bush, his cabalistic administration and the Iraq war than Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, Hijacking is even more chilling because it eschews the heartstring symphony conducted (albeit very effectively) by Moore and sticks to irrefutable facts and no-bullshit analysis. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The most outspoken and yet in some ways the calmest of the new documentaries opposing the Bush presidency. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Narrated by NAACP Chairman Julian Bond, the film's form is measured, but its message is incendiary. Read full review
60
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Presents an America that is as much about the pathological display of imperial power -- a showmanship of arrogance and violence -- as policy. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis Harvey
Goes beyond simple Bush-bashing to paint a horrifying portrait of organized U.S. imperialist expansion and public deception stretching back to the early Reagan era. Read full review
50
The New York TimesAnita Gates
Openly polemical but also sobering documentary. Read full review
50
New York PostMegan Lehmann
There's really nothing new here, though, and lacking the drama and humor of "Fahrenheit 9/11," it is even more likely to be preaching to the converted. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Another effective civics lesson that, unfortunately, will probably never be seen by the people whose minds it seeks to change. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
Contends that doctrines, including promoting unilateralism, increasing military spending and protecting "access to vital raw materials, primarily Persian Gulf oil," can be traced from right-wing think tanks into U.S. foreign policy. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
All in all, Hijacking is less a movie than a litany of arguments intended as, or at least only useful as, a brickbat in the discourse, aimed at your neighbor's Republican noggin. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Crude, grating. Read full review
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