In the latest of our regular film reviews, Henri and Keagan from Fortress on a Hill and I tackled 1998’s The Siege – a high concept thriller about the US Army invading New York in response to a string of terrorist attacks. This in-depth discussion moves between a serious analysis of how the final film differs from the draft script by Lawrence Wright (author of The Looming Tower) and mocking the movie’s most ludicrous moments. General John McClain comes in for some special criticism, though we do also outline how pretty much all the spies in this movie are clearly based on people from the FBI’s I-49 Al Qaeda squad or the CIA’s Alec Station. This highly amusing and informative discussion is not to be missed.
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