Redford, Poitier, Marx?

I have to admit, this movie deeply offended me. Having watched this film, I fear the terrorists have won. How did this film upset me? Well, let me count the ways.

The film begins by glorifying Redford's and Kingsley's blatant stealing of the hard earned tax dollars of good Americans and transferring them to the terrorist organization known as the Black Panther Party. It's a well known fact that the Black Panther Party had close links to Al-Qaida. Also, in 1971, a British intelligence report came out linking the BPP to the purchase of yellow cake from Niger.

The next scene introduces us to Redford's team of unAmerican miscreants. A simple glance at the members of this "team" (read 'sleeper cell') reveals just how untrustworthy they are. Redford? Communist. Aykroyd? Canadian. Poitier? French. Phoenix? Mythical Creature. Strathairn? I'm not sure where he's from, but with that many consonants, it's surely a rogue nation. And then there's poor Mary McDonnell. While she is an American, she's also a woman. This means she lacks the ability to think for herself. Without a strong, patriotic, American man (i.e. Rambo) in her life to guide her in the right direction, she has been duped into taking a bite of the apple by our resident snake, Redford.

The coup de grâce (see, just watching Sneakers has me speaking French), is the very end of the movie. After it is revealed that the code breaking box was commissioned by the NSA so that they could access and tinker with every bit of information about everybody on Earth, Redford and company give our fine, American security agents a defective box. The rationale for not allowing the government to have access to such technology is the usual Commie/Terrorist/Democrat mantra of 'privacy rights'. Look, the only people on planet earth with a reason to fear the American government having access to every bit of information about them are those with something to hide. Redford's preventing the NSA from having such technology is tantamount to treason and makes the world safer for those who are a threat to our national security.

In conclusion, I think it is very irresponsible of AMT to promote such a threatening film, and I hope that we right this wrong by viewing a more appropriate film in the near future. A film with far less commie espionage and far more killing of nameless brown people from countries who's dietary choices leave my digestive system unhappy. I, personally, vote for Delta Force.

Thank you.