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Movies since 9/11 in which the bad guys are not Islamists

Movies since 9/11 in which the bad guys are Islamists

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The bad guys are never Islamists: List of movie "bad guys" since 9/11

Since 9/11, and the declaration by Islamic terrorists of a war on the world, Hollywood is desperate never to show us a single film in which the bad guys are Islamic terrorists.

Terrorists attack a western city with a nuclear weapon, in The Sum Of All Fears.
Terrorists? What sort of terrorists?
Why, some kind of European "neo-Nazis" of course! But of course.
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Movies since 9/11 in which the bad guys are not Islamists


  1. The Sum Of All Fears (2002) - The bad guys are ... European neo-Nazis! [1]
  2. Collateral Damage (2002) - The bad guys are ... Colombian drug lords!
  3. The Bourne Identity (2002) - The bad guys are ... the CIA! [2]

  4. S.W.A.T. (2003) - The bad guys are ... S.W.A.T. officers gone bad!
  5. Terminator 3 (2003) - The bad guys are ... robots from the future!

  6. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) - The bad guys are ... Bush and his government!
  7. The Day After Tomorrow (2004) - The bad guy is ... the weather!
  8. The Power of Nightmares (2004) - The bad guys are ... the neo-conservatives!
  9. The Manchurian Candidate (2004) - The bad guys are ... a big corporation!
  10. The Bourne Supremacy (2004) - The bad guys are ... the CIA again!

  11. The Interpreter (2005) - The bad guys are ... people from the "Republic of Matobo"! [3]
  12. War of the Worlds (2005) - The bad guys are ... aliens!
  13. Stealth (2005) - The bad guy is ... the plane!
  14. Flightplan (2005) - The bad guys are ... the air marshal and a flight attendant!
  15. Red Eye (2005) - The bad guy is ... an American terrorist!
  16. King Kong (2005) - The threat to New York City is from ... a giant gorilla!
  17. Syriana (2005) - The bad guys are ... the US government and big oil companies!
  18. Why We Fight (2005) - The bad guys are ... the "military-industrial complex"!
  19. Homecoming (2005) - The bad guys are ... the US government and US military leaders!
  20. The War Within (2005) - The bad guys are ... the CIA!
  21. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) - The bad guys are ... anti-communists!
  22. Paradise Now (2005) - The bad guys are ... the Israelis!
  23. Loose Change (2005) - The bad guys are ... the US government! 9/11 never happened! It was all a conspiracy, man! New York City never even existed, dude!
  24. Sorry, Haters (2005) - The bad guys are ... the American government!
  25. XXX: State of the Union (2005) - The bad guy is ... the US Secretary of Defense!

  26. Valley of the Wolves Iraq (2006) - The bad guys are ... the Americans and the Jews!
  27. V for Vendetta (2006) - The bad guys are ... a British fascist government!
  28. The Road to Guantanamo (2006) - The bad guys are ... the Americans!
  29. The Sentinel (2006) - The bad guys are ... some random post-Soviet terrorists that don't make a pick of sense.
  30. Children of Men (2006) - The bad guys are ... a British fascist government again! Couldn't Islamists take over the government for once? Wouldn't that be something different?
  31. Death of a President (2006) - The bad guy is .. President Bush of course! And he gets shot!
  32. Casino Royale (James Bond movie, 2006) - The bad guys are ... some kind of international "terrorists". Not Islamists. You know, um, the other kind.
  33. Déjà Vu (2006) - The terrorist bomber is ... American. Of course.
  34. The Good Shepherd (2006) - The CIA are morally dubious - yet again. Couldn't Hollywood have made just one pro-CIA film after 9/11, before getting back to business as usual? Just one? If Hollywood has made a single pro-CIA film since 9/11, tell me about it here.
  35. A Few Days in September (2006) - The bad guys are ... the CIA! They knew 9/11 was coming, man!
  36. Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006) - The bad guys are ... Blackwater, Halliburton, etc, etc.

  37. Shooter (2007) - The bad guys are .. corrupt American politicians, corrupt American law enforcement, corrupt American businessmen, etc.
  38. The Trial of Tony Blair (2007) - The bad guy is .. Tony Blair! And he goes on trial!
  39. The Mark of Cain (2007) - The bad guys are .. the British soldiers in Iraq! Like The Road to Guantanamo, this is the kind of film an enemy propaganda department would make. Has anyone made a single film that is positive about the British troops in Iraq? One? Ever? Tell me here.
  40. Die Hard 4.0 (2007) - The bad guys are .. "Internet terrorists"!
  41. Transformers (2007) - The bad guys are .. alien robots! (Though it is wonderfully pro-military.)
  42. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - The bad guys are ... the CIA again!
  43. Lions for Lambs (2007) - The bad guys are .. sleazy US politicians and neo-cons!
  44. No End in Sight (2007) - The bad guys are .. the Bush administration!
  45. Rendition (2007) - The bad guys are .. the CIA and the Americans!
  46. In the Valley of Elah (2007) - The bad guys are .. the American soldiers in Iraq!
  47. Redacted (2007) - The bad guys are .. the American soldiers in Iraq!
  48. Meeting Resistance (2007) - The bad guys are .. the American soldiers in Iraq!
  49. Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) - The bad guys are .. the American soldiers in Afghanistan!

  50. Cloverfield (2008) - The threat to New York is from .. a giant monster!
  51. Battle For Haditha (2008) - The bad guys are .. the American soldiers in Iraq!
  52. S.O.P.: Standard Operating Procedure (2008) - The bad guys are .. the American soldiers in Iraq!
  53. Torture is US! (2008) - The bad guys are .. the Americans!
  54. War, Inc. (2008) - The bad guys are .. the stupid Americans in Iraq!
  55. The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) - The bad guys are .. genocidal alien eco-nutcases!
  56. Eagle Eye (2008) - The bad guy is .. a top secret super computer at the Pentagon!
  57. Quantum of Solace (James Bond movie, 2008) - The bad guys are .. some kind of international "terrorists" again! And the Americans are in league with the bad guys!

  58. The International (2009) - The bad guys are .. murderous bankers! Yes, bankers. Like in Monty Python's The Crimson Permanent Assurance.
  59. State of Play (2009) - The bad guys are .. corrupt American politicians and business interests.
  60. G.I. Joe (2009) - The bad guys are ... the "Cobra" organisation! Some scary group of international "terrorists" / arms dealers / corporate villains.
  61. 12 Rounds (2009) - The bad guy is ... a white, European, "international terrorist". Of course.
  62. Terminator Salvation (2009) - The bad guys are ... robots in the future!
  63. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) - The bad guys are .. alien robots! (Though it is wonderfully pro-military.)

  64. The 28th Amendment (2011) - The bad guys are .. a secret cabal that runs the U.S. government!


Notes:

From here.

Movies since 9/11 in which the bad guys are Islamists


  1. Munich (2005) - The first movie since 9/11 in which the bad guys are Islamists (from the past).

  2. Flight 93 (TV movie, 2006) - The first movie since 9/11 in which the bad guys are the modern Islamists.
  3. United 93 (2006) - The first cinema-released movie since 9/11 in which the bad guys are the modern Islamists.

  4. The Kingdom (2007) - The first movie since 9/11 with a fictional story in which the bad guys are the modern Islamists.

  5. The Hurt Locker (2009) - The first real movie about the Iraq War. The first film supporting the American troops in Iraq. The first film supporting the British troops in Iraq.
  6. The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009) - The first movie since 9/11 to really show the reality of Islamism.

Still waiting for ..

Terrorists bomb civilians on a public bus in a western city, in The Interpreter.
Terrorists? What sort of terrorists?
Why, ones from the fictional central African country of "Matobo" of course! But of course.
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"The book is awesome. Maybe someday someone will make it into a film."
Cracking comment on the useless movie of The Sum Of All Fears.

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