ATLAS SHRUGGED

BASED IN 2016, WHERE RISING GAS PRICES HAVE MADE TRAINS THE ONLY AFFORDABLE WAY TO TRAVEL, THE MOVIE TELLS THE STORY OF TAGGERT TRANSCONTINENTAL AND ITS OWNER, DAGNEY TAGGERT, AS SHE TRIES TO REBUILD THE COMPANY AFTER A DEVASTATING TRAIN WRECK.
A MOVIE ADAPTATION OF AYN RAND'S NOVEL, ATLAS SHRUGGED HAS THE LOOK AND FEEL OF A 1950'S GRAND EPIC.  EXTRAVAGANT PARTIES, MYSTERIES, POLITICAL BACKSTABBING AND SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF COLORADO AS THE TRAIN MOVES THROUGH THE STATE ALL ADD TO THE TEXTURE OF THE FILM.  I HAVE YET TO READ THE BOOK, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE MOVIE FOLLOWS THE BOOK VERY CLOSELY AND CAPTURES WHAT RAND WANTED TO SAY AND PROMOTE THROUGH HER WRITING.  THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE ALL QUITE COMPLEX BUT ARE FLESHED OUT ENOUGH SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM AND ALSO DEVELOP A FEELING FOR THEM.  THE ACTORS DO A GOOD JOB, THE WRITING IS CLEAR AND INTERESTING AND THE DIRECTING KEEPS THE MOVIE FLOWING ALONG AT A PACE SO AS NOT TO GET BORED.  
RATING  3 OUT OF 5

THE RENTAL DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE A MAKING OF FEATURE, AN AUDIO COMMENTARY WITH THE PRODUCERS AND A VIDEO MONTAGE OF PEOPLE SAYING "I AM JOHN GALT" IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION THAT RUNS THROUGH THE FILM.