The War on Democracy Reviews
July 9, 2007
John Pilger's angry story of how a rapacious US covertly brutalised its Latin American neighbours should be a compelling documentary. And so it often is, despite being marred by a dewy-eyed interview with President Hugo Chvez of Venezuela.
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| Original Score: 3/5
June 15, 2007
But it is all very watchable, even though we have been through most of it before
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| Original Score: 3/5
June 15, 2007
Pilger's portentous voiceover and intrusions into shot bespeak an excruciating vanity
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| Original Score: 2/5
June 15, 2007
The show is ultimately ruined by its ophidian writer/presenter Pilger, who is something of an acquired taste
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| Original Score: 2/5
June 15, 2007
A dynamic and emotionally effective diatribe against global capitalism's role in undermining popular second or third-world democracies
June 15, 2007
Tailored towards the small-screen.
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| Original Score: 3/5
June 15, 2007
A brilliantly-researched and sometimes shocking insight into the democratic position of those countries whose dealings with America are more along the lines of slave than political poodle.
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| Original Score: 4/5