Released on home video before Fahrenheit 9/11, this slickly produced "docudrama" portrays President Bush as a take charge guy on 9/11, and paints a positive picture of his administration during that terrible day. I'm going to try to be objective about this film and leave the debate to others. Casting on this Showtime television film was done well, with competent actors portraying members of the administration and some are dead ringers for the real thing.

Republicans supporting the President for re-election will love this film as it portrays Bush as in command from the moment he hears of the crisis. You might say this film is a direct response to Michael Moore's film. Bush, who is played by Timothy Bottoms (remember him from the short-lived sit-com"That's My Bush!") is pictured as an all knowing, caring President, who tells his staff exactly what needs to be done about this "Bin Laden fella". The Vice President, National Security advisors, and Generals all turn to the President for advice in meetings shortly after the attack. Shades of "West Wing" come across in the script as the dedicated White House staff deals with the crisis. Time and time again they turn to Bush for guidance and policy decisions. I thought the film dragged a bit and was too long once the crisis subsided. How many cabinet meetings with Bush lecturing everyone can you take? This could have been told in 90 minutes. What you can say about this film is that it had full White House support and has RNC written all over it. Films like this that deal with historical events need to be careful about the facts they present, as Hollywood has many times "bent" history to its own shape for dramatic impact, sometimes obscuring the real truth. Unfortunately, in our video world, people watch films such as this and believe it as gospel.

The made for cable film is widescreen and has Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. The film makers intersperse real news footage of New York and Washington DC at various points and the contrast is rather obvious in quality of picture. A better job could have been done to blend the film with the newsreel footage.

A very brief(5 minutes) making of feature is included on the disc and also commentary from Timothy Bottoms, Brian Trenchard Smith (director), and Lionel Chetwynd (writer and producer) is included on the disc. Chetwynd met with President Bush and his staff to gather "facts" about this docudrama.

Bush supporters will believe this drama on events of that fateful day; others will want to chuckle but won't because the subject matter is so serious. This is not history by any means as facts have already shown but an attempt to paint a idealistic picture of what the President should have done on 9/11.