World Trade Center (2006) ***

Very different from Oliver Stone's other films - no stylistic fireworks like in ''JFK'' or ''Natural Born Killers'', no left-wing perspective like in ''Salvador'', ''Platoon'' or ''Born On The Fourth Of July''. The film is based on real life stories of two Port Authority cops, Will Jimeno (Michael Pena) and John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage), who got trapped when the towers collapsed and were rescued after a few hours. And the man who rescued them was Marine Staff Sergeant David Karnes. Played by Michael Shannon in the film, David Karnes is the main reason to see the movie. While the stories of the buried cops, while touching and very moving, are ultimately quite predictable, the story of David Karnes is simply incredible. He wasn't even in New York when the planes hit the towers. But he nonetheless left his job in Connecticut, put on his Marine Corps uniform, drove his Porsche to Ground Zero, and began searching the rubble after sunset (while other rescue workers were ordered out of the site). "United States Marines," Karnes began shouting "If you can hear us, yell or tap!". Will Jimeno heard him.