LAKE OF FIRE

LAKE OF FIRE - 2006

RATED - NR but caution as two abortions are seen as they are actually taking place, there are disturbing pictures of murder victims and a graphic picture of a woman who died while using a coat hangar to abort her baby and there are pictures of babies who have been aborted and their various body parts.

RATINGS - 10 Amazon (4.5/5), 13,486 Netflix (3.5/5), 569 IMDB (8.5/10), Roger Ebert (4.75/5).

STARRING - Tony Kaye, who worked on this for 18 years, is the producer. Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe), Terry Randall, Pat Buchanan, Noam Chomsky, Alan Dershowitz, etc. as themselves.

STORY - This is easily one of the most difficult films I've ever watched. It is a documentary about the abortion issue. It is told as objectively as humanly possible. Whatever your position, you will be angry with the story. It takes you into the operating room and you watch two abortion procedures as they happen. It shows the baby being suctioned out and the doctor emptying the bag into a dish to count all the body parts to make sure nothing has been left. Kaye takes you into the middle of the picket lines where both sides are shouting and cursing one another. You are there with a young woman when her boyfriend picks her up to take her to the clinic for the abortion and you sit in on her pre-op interview, view the abortion and hear the emotions she is experiencing after the procedure. You go into the homes and offices of those active in both the pro-life and pro-choice sides and hear their stories. You will hear one of the guests speculate why neither political party seems to want the issue to go away as it is an issue that activates the parties' bases like almost no other and it is always a winner in raising money. You will hear from pro-life activists that believe murdering doctors who perform abortions is morally necessary and justified. You will hear the remarkable conversion of Norma McCorvey, the anonymous Jane Doe in Roe vs Wade, from abortion advocate to pro-life Christian. You will hear some honest discussion about why abortion is such an emotional and divisive issue and how we must raise the level of discussion to more than the rhetoric that is typical currently from both sides. Is there room for compromise or is this an issue that will forever divide our country? I do not know anyone who is neutral on this subject. This film will only help to raise the understanding on both sides of this very, very divisive and emotional subject and hopefully lead to meaningful and serious discussion between the viewpoints. Lu G. for Lu's Reviews. 12/20/08.

LINKS - AMAZON, IMDB, TRAILER, ROGER EBERT