Battle in Seattle

2007

Action / Drama / History / Thriller

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 57% · 58 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 64% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 15616 15.6K

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Plot summary

Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although it began as a peaceful protest with a goal of stopping the WTO talks, it escalated into a full-scale riot and eventually, a State of Emergency that pitted protesters against the Seattle Police Department and the National Guard.

Director

Stuart Townsend Photo
Stuart Townsend

Top cast

Charlize Theron Photo
Charlize Theron as Ella
Channing Tatum Photo
Channing Tatum as Johnson
Woody Harrelson Photo
Woody Harrelson as Dale
Alistair Abell Photo
Alistair Abell as Eric
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912.05 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 4
1.83 GB
1920*1040
English 5.1
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Filipe Manuel Neto 4 / 10

**It has some points of merit, but lacks

**It has some points of merit, but lacks neutrality.** I was too young in 1999 to remember this World Trade Organization meeting. However, I am fully aware that this type of summit is usually a rallying point for demonstrators in favor of a thousand ideals: rebels without a cause, anarchists, socialists, communists, environmentalists, conspiracy theorists... I don't really know what happened, but there is no doubt that these protests were violent and, to a certain extent, they managed to achieve their objectives, severely disrupting the summit and the life of the city, and becoming a juicier and more relevant matter than the summit itself. In the following summits, there was more care. I could make a series of considerations around the real usefulness of the WTO, or even if there aren't other ways to encourage a greater trade flow and greater ease in commercial exchanges between countries, making it possible to end this, apparently questionable, organization. But one thing I learned in my life: the owners of money usually win these wars, even if they lose some battles along the way. The film is very competently directed by Stuart Townsend. The director does not hide that his heart and admiration are with the protesters in the streets, and the film is not neutral about that. Thus, we witness the glorification of peaceful protests, the demonization of authorities (even though the police are portrayed as men who only do their job) and even the exposure of many of those who, under the cover of protests, broke and burned things just because it seemed a good idea. Personally, I would have preferred a more neutral approach, because if the idea was to demonize the economy and the WTO, it should have been better contextualized. The cast has some well-known names, and Martin Henderson turns out to be one of the actors who deserve our applause. He's done a good job, he's in excellent shape, and he's used the material he's been given very well to give personality and depth to his character. I also really liked the performance of Charlize Theron, in the role of her wife. Ray Liotta is very good in the role of a mayor who is overtaken by events. The rest of the cast, however, I felt didn't stand out, and didn't do much more than they really had to. The film has an extraordinary cinematic beauty, as it manages to recreate very well what was experienced on the streets during those days in December 1999. The way in which everything was recreated is pleasantly aesthetic without losing any kind of credibility or realism. The sets (streets) and costumes also help a lot and the cinematography makes good use of gas fumes and light and shadow effects, in addition to a series of moving camera shots, which transport us to the middle of the action.
Reviewed by Wuchak 6 / 10

**_Rebels needing a cause vs. SWAT police in

**_Rebels needing a cause vs. SWAT police in Jet City_** I never knew there was a battle in Seattle and learned that the ‘battle’ refers to the protests that halted the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) summit in Seattle from Nov 30 to Dec 3. Not being a fan of the typical ‘protestor’ who annoyingly blocks traffic, I put off seeing this docudrama; the fact that it bombed at the box office didn’t help. However, it works by informing you of the WTO with further details at the climax concerning the near future, not to mention writer/director Stuart Townsend seamlessly interspliced footage from the actual event into the proceedings. The fictional dramas also surprisingly hook the viewer, shallow though they may be. Woody Harrelson heads the cast as a tough police officer with a shaved head and Charlize Theron plays his pregnant wife. Meanwhile Ray Liotta is on hand as the mayor under pressure while statuesque Connie Nielsen plays a journalist who starts to sympathize with the protestors, the latter represented by Martin Henderson, André Benjamin, Michelle Rodriguez and Jennifer Carpenter. So, this is a compelling enough production with a quality cast that effectively documents a piece of modern American history; Townsend should be commended. It’s just hindered by the fact that, anymore, the average citizen couldn’t care less about eye-rolling ‘protestors.’ Get a freakin’ job and add something to society! It runs 1h 38m and was shot in Seattle in Nov-Dec, 2006. GRADE: B-
Reviewed by t-dooley-69-386916 7 / 10

Protests, riots and violence in a film with a message.

This is a film concerning the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organisation meeting. Protesters had planned in advance to disrupt the meeting seeing the WTO as an unelected, unaccountable, self interest group that continues to put profit before people and denies legitimate scrutiny a voice.It has a few stories on the go to show what happens to both sides of the argument(s). Woody Harrelson plays a violent cop whose pregnant wife gets caught up and Channing Tatum is here in an early role also as a cop. Ray Liotta plays the City Mayor who is torn between having a successful summit and not wanting to use violence.There are a number of issues touched on here and the film struggles to be balanced to both sides – using the individual stories to illustrate how both sides do wrong. That could be where it falls down – it tries too hard to be reasonable. The WTO is a self interest group who uses sticking plaster solutions to Global problems as a smokescreen to its bloated ambitions of World trade and the never ending greed engendered by the profit motive.The acting though is all very good, but it does get a bit over emotional on one too many occasions. In stressful situations – feelings do run high and as such the lapses here are forgivable. Having said all of the above I still thought this was a compelling watch and so can recommend.
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