Anti-Gun Film Review Seems To Miss Quite A Bit

By Tom Knighton

A film review titled “Jeremy Kagan’s ‘Shot’ Is a Sobering Plea for Gun Control” is like so many others. It believes that films can create whatever “positive” change the reviewer likes without having to acknowledge that films showing the opposite end of the spectrum have any responsibility for anything. It’s a rather hypocritical position to take if you think about it.

The review starts by saying:

With the number of people shot by illegally-owned guns growing daily, it’s refreshing to see a responsible cinematic plea for gun control. Shot is sobering, suspenseful and exemplary.

The always excellent and under-valued Noah Wyle plays a film editor named Mark Newman who, in the midst of trying to save a crumbling marriage and dealing with the pressure of a sudden deadline imposed by a demanding producer, takes a walk with his wife Phoebe (a marvelous Sharon Leal) and pauses on a street corner to discuss the the options of breaking up. Like a lightning bolt, a teenager across the street named Miguel playing with an illegal firearm owned by his cousin, inadvertently pulls the trigger, fires the gun, and Mark is hit in the chest by a single bullet. It’s just an accident, but who’s …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms