The core of Severe Visibility is Major Kruter and the way his mind works. It is that and the tidbits of information about the crash before, during and after it that are the most interesting aspects of this film. Since Major Kruter is a solitary individual, he keeps to himself and frequently writes in a journal, recording his thoughts, hopes and doubts there. In his journal, Major Kruter writes to an individual who helped define our nation and through his words, helped mold it into what it is today. Though it is strange that Major Kruter writes his journal entries to “Thomas”, it is not out of place that a patriot and soldier holds this person in such high esteem.
Where Severe Visibility becomes the most entertaining, so much so that the viewer looks past the constraints that this small budget film had to contend with is the alternate theory for the events at the Pentagon on 9/11. Each official point is counter balanced by an alternate. Their validity, however, is not something most people will be able to confirm or deny since they don’t have access to military records or hardware. This is why writer/director Paul Cross does some of the heavy lifting for the viewer in that regard, helping to legitimize reporter Porter’s claims for the alternate chain of events at the Pentagon during 9/11.
Severe Visibility doesn’t have the polish, spit and shine of other 9/11 movies (World Trade Center, Flight 51) but it does make you think more than the aforementioned films. It raises questions about the duplicity of the Unites States Government, the aircraft that was used in the attack on the Pentagon on 9/11 and other possible motives for the attack on that government building. Severe Visibility makes the viewer question, as any decent conspiracy film should.
Rating: 6/10
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