A Short Cut Movie Review is normally less than 400 words, but in some cases may go slightly over. This is my attempt to keep writing about as many films as I see without getting bogged down with trying to find more to say. They are meant to be brief snapshots of my reaction to a movie without too much depth.
Anyone who is not, at the very least, deeply troubled by
the American government’s sanctioning of targeted killings of people classified
as enemy combatants, especially when some on the kill list are American
citizens, does not have a very deep appreciation of or respect for the
Constitution. Night time assassination squads of the recent past or drone
attacks of the present don’t cause me to lose a great deal of sleep. I see them
as part of a continuum of a new way of waging war. This is even while I do understand
and recognize why some people have very serious objections. But when those
targeted are citizens of this country and when there is no public evidence that
the target has committed any crime, we’re essentially looking at a death
sentence without due process, without any evidence brought to light, and
without a jury finding him guilty.
