united 93

United 93

United 93 is a very intense film that portrays many emotions, for example fear, anger, religious belief, suspicion and anxiety. The film illustrates the day of the 9/11 attacks in 2001, which was committed by the members of Al-Qaeda.

United airlines 93 was a united states domestic passenger flight which departed from Newark International Airport, the destination of the flight was San Francisco International Airport. Four hijackers hijacked the plain. Over 40 minutes into the flight the hijackers breached the cockpit, overpowered the pilots, and took control of the aircraft, diverting it towards Washington, D.C. Several passengers and crew members made telephone calls aboard the flight and learned about the attacks on the World Trade Centre and The Pentagon. As a result, the passengers decided to mount an assault against the hijackers and gain control of the aircraft. The plain never did reach its target Washington D.C., instead it crashed in a field in Stonycreek Township, near Shanksville, in somerset county, Pennsylvania. Not one passenger survived the impact of the plain crash.

The film introduces us to a scene where a group of men are constantly praying to Allah. People who know about the 9/11 attacks, would immediately be aware that these men could be potential terrorists. I personally thought the tension really raised higher when the passenger decided to fight back and do something about the situation they were in, even in the end despite the fact that there were no survivors from the real plain crash, the minute the passengers fight back the film gives you hope.

I personally think the film is great, but also very heartbreaking because you really do feel sorry for those innocent passengers and most importantly those personal phone calls really enable you to relate to those passengers and feel their pain, because we all have loved ones and have lost loved ones at some point in our loves.

Religion is very important for the hijackers in this film and the hijackers are clearly Muslims because we hear Allah many times. I just wanted to add that, God does not say you have the power to take a human beings life let alone someone innocents live, and it is most certainly insane to be praying whilst you are killing people. Many people believe that all Muslims are the same, just because a group of insane fanatic people turn Islam into their own crazy religion does not mean every Muslim out there believes in it.