The major problem I have with "Executive Action" is it isn't believable (which is a HUGE problem when one is trying not just to entertain but to present factual-based information.) I sat through an hour of this movie not believing one word of it! How anybody can point to this film as the truth concerning JFK's assassination is beyond me. At least in Oliver Stone's pseudo-historical drama "JFK", the story-telling was top-notch. While the acting was fine, "Executive Action" was woefully directed and scripted poorly.
If this had been more on the line of a roman a' clef dramatization, I would have moved it a few points upward from the one I gave it. But I can't give credence to a dramatic offering where purported "facts" are thrown around as gospel. Since no credible historian trumpets the list of accusations that the film makers make, I have to declare the whole project suspect.
Judging from the talent (and they are talented!)in the movie, one would have to gather this movie is more of an effort to avenge their accused Hollywood colleagues during the Blacklist era of the late forties and early fifties. In fact, Dalton Trumbo and Will Geer are two names that were prominent members of that group that were either imprisoned or lost film work. I would have no problem with this effort if the creators of "Executive Action" tried to make an honest movie from reliable information. That they chose not to do this but to display a polemical drama as pure history might be their greatest film making error!
If this had been more on the line of a roman a' clef dramatization, I would have moved it a few points upward from the one I gave it. But I can't give credence to a dramatic offering where purported "facts" are thrown around as gospel. Since no credible historian trumpets the list of accusations that the film makers make, I have to declare the whole project suspect.
Judging from the talent (and they are talented!)in the movie, one would have to gather this movie is more of an effort to avenge their accused Hollywood colleagues during the Blacklist era of the late forties and early fifties. In fact, Dalton Trumbo and Will Geer are two names that were prominent members of that group that were either imprisoned or lost film work. I would have no problem with this effort if the creators of "Executive Action" tried to make an honest movie from reliable information. That they chose not to do this but to display a polemical drama as pure history might be their greatest film making error!