Who's in It: Hend Ayoub, Brian Boland, Becky Ann Baker, Robert Mangiardi, Jay Patterson, Jay Whittaker
The Basics: In the not-too-distant future, in addition to the sport of Rollerball, there will also be a successful attempt on the life of George W. Bush. This movie leaves out the Rollerball, though, and focuses on what happens after the president takes the bullet. And guess what? It turns out we look for a Muslim assailant first!
What's the Deal? I could appreciate this movie a whole lot more if it weren't so easy to figure out what's coming. That Muslim assailant? They find one, except he's not guilty. And who is? You'll have to see it to find out, but just pick the most obvious guy from the characters presented, and that's the one. It's as narratively lazy as it wants to be.
What This Movie Is Really About: The rush to judgment (which is hilarious considering all the people screaming about this film's very existence, even though they haven't seen it yet) and the fear-frenzy we've been living in ever since 9/11. It predicates itself on one tragedy and extrapolates a fictional what-if that heaps more and more tragedy on top of it.
Coolest Thing About It: The technical stuff is fun to watch, as fake characters are inserted into real footage, George Bush's head is digitally grafted onto an actor's body and Reagan's funeral, with a eulogy given by Dick Cheney, stands in for Bush's.
Who's That Lady? Hey, Freaks and Geeks fans, that's the mom from that show (Becky Ann Baker) as Bush's adoring press secretary.