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My dad and I just rented a movie called 'Death of a President.' It's a fictional 2008 TV documentary about the assassination of President George W. Bush on Oct 19, 2007. But that's not the main point of this movie. True the filmmakers did a masterful job of blending reality with fiction, but Dubya getting gunned down is not the sole reason to watch 'Death of a President'. If that's the only motive you would have to rent this you'll be disappointed because it happens fast and you don't see much (but let yourself get swept into the story and it's shocking nonetheless). The point of this movie is to show what can happen (and is happening) when the media and politicos jump to conclusions and personal and political agendas take the place of truth and justice.

Truth be told, it was morbid curiosity that made me get this movie off the shelf. I'm too young to know for myself about the last presidential assassination (I think it was Kennedy) and I figured (hoped) this is as close as I'll get. But I like this movie because it makes plain some of the forces behind the decisions that are made, supposedly, for the good of the country. What's scary though is that anyone who watches the news consistently and keeps an ear to the ground will not be surprised by what this movie talks about. It's all circling the drain. This movie just brings it all into focus and adds a personal/patriotic gut-wrench with the fictional assassination.