Documentary Movie Review: Flashback Special – The Alex Jones "Police State" Trilogy.

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With this week's release of Alex Jones' latest film "Police State 4: The Rise of Fema" I felt it fitting to review all 4 films this week. I am combining the first three films, known collectively as the "Police State" trilogy into one review, since I recommend them to be watched together.

"Police State: 2000" was Alex Jones' breakout in investigative journalism on the closing grid of police and military operations in our lands. Alex goes around showing how many of these enforcers are unaware of the checks and balances that our constitution and federal law would have in place to prevent the types of tyranny in place. Interviews with officials like San Antonio Police Chief Al Phillipus on Federal "police" intrusion into localities were things nearly unheard of at the time of the film's release. The "On the Scene" footage of military, in American streets and training to round up American citizens is undeniable. We see the various excuses from seat belts, to catching drunks, that "enforcers" will use to assert authority. But ultimately, the issue is shown clearly, about 20 minutes into the film. The failed "Nazi Excuse" of "Just following Orders" is way too frequently the excuse for this behavior from those who would falsely use the slogan "Protect and Serve." At the time of the film, many of these operations were labeled as "Training" but the subsequent films show that the incrimentalism of posse comatatus violations have only served to warm the people to the idea of Military, Federal, and even Foreign Agents on the streets. Disturbing is the footage of Local police working with US and foreign military doing urban warfare and emergency response drills, by kicking in doors and shooting first, interacting with actors and local volunteers who scream “I'm an American,” “We need to get paid,” “We Want Food,” “I need to speak with your commanding officer,” and “I have rights.” along with loudspeakers telling the people to “remain calm so that we may process you into the camps faster.”

“Police State 2: The Takeover” is a fitting sequel, however, Instead of military training and the federalization of police, instead this film takes its heavy focus towards Agents Provocateur and how they enable martial law style tactics to be enacted. Alex shows you news reports out of Seattle's WTO protests, where Agents Provocateur were allowed to continue to reign in destruction even with a heavy police presence, and then the area was placed on lock down as a reactionary tactic. A suspension of the first amendment, thanks to a city council vote to declare a state of emergency. Meanwhile those responsible for the real violence and destruction got free rent from the city's low income housing. Those rounded up for “improper assembly” were taken to a federal “prisoner processing camp” at Sand Point. Which leads Alex into how federally funded public schools could be used for these purposes, and into the issue of federalism of the school systems through special crime watch programs. Alex then continues the expose from the first film, showing new footage of urban warfare drills and police/military collaborative checkpoints.

"Police State 3: Total Enslavement" is almost an odd film out. It may have been decent when it was released, however, there seems to be a complete lack of visual integrity and focus on topic. Which can be a good or bad thing, depending on how you look at it. On the one hand, Alex throws a ton of Information in, it is more random than topical. All in all this movie plays out like one of Alex's daily shows in modern times. Alex throws almost every topic that has to do with control grids in this film, through news reports on video or on paper. This movie comes off as more alarmist, partly because there isn't really anything special that this covers. This goes into federalism, globalism, microchips, FCC takeovers of radio & TV, cameras on the streets, and other “smart” technology. This film is more about the “1984” side of these issues, which, to some is harder to source and prove in a believable manner. Ultimately, I think that Alex could have waited a few more years to do the 3rd film, then he could have included some further use of the martial law type strategies that towns and their police used in the first two. It would have been great to have seen some of the RNC 04' stuff in this.


Information: 5 stars - These films have some repetitiveness in the information, however, those educated on the constitution and posse comitatus should be definately concerned about the details of our overall society reported in these films.

Source Documentation: 4 stars - While all of the information is sourced, some of the context in which evidence is alluding to can be questioned by skeptics.

Presentation Method: 3 Stars - "Low budget 60-minutes-style special report" These films are of Alex sitting at a desk going through the evidence cutting to the videos and documentation

Visuals/Sound: 3 Stars - What could be expected from the turn of the century independent media. It got dated fast.

Political & Social Spectrum: 5 Stars - No Left or Right. Only Right and Wrong.

Solution, Constitution, or Pollution: 3 Stars - Part Pollution Part Solution. A whole lot of "this is something to be afraid of" with a "get the word out" solution. I think that advice to create a movement asking the viewer to watch and video things in their own town, or to research their town's federal ties could have helped propel a more direct 3rd film and may have sped up the release of #4. If these films are to be viewed as showing us a dangerous threat to our Liberty, there should definitely be a movement toward further documentation.

Overall Wake-up-ability: 3 Stars - I hate to give these films such a low score here, but Alex does come across as an alarmist to new viewers in some of these areas due to connecting dots. I'm not saying he's wrong, but there is a difference between a town giving an abandoned building to the military for temporary use as a base for trainings operations and "The Federal Government" "taking over" a building. Both could be dangerous, but only one would imply improper use of the government. I think that the WTO Seattle compilation in the second film is the thing that makes any of this a "must see" for the modern activist.