How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)
A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.
- Daniel Goldhaber
- Betty Austin
- Isa Mazzei
- Heather I. Denton
- Sara Victoria Bjerre Pedersen
- Ariela Barer
- Jordan Sjol
- Daniel Goldhaber
- Ajuawak Kapashesit
- Jason Lester
- Clarissa Thibeaux
- Olive Jane Lorraine
- Andreas Malm
Rating: 6.4/10 by 140 users
Alternative Title:
Sabotaje - ES
하우 투 블로우 업 어 파이프라인 - KR
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 44 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $882,348
Plot Keyword: based on novel or book, bomb, winter, texas, climate change, terminal illness, flashback, informant, biting, radical, eco terrorism, lgbt, enviroment, activist, activism, environmental activist, environmental issues, pipeline, provocative, brisk
I think this might have worked better for me had there been any of these conspiratorial characters with whom I could vaguely relate. As it is, they are collection of disparate folks with health problems, chips on their shoulders and axes to grind. Indeed, the rather episodic manner in which they are introduced to us reminded me of a rather dismal series of X-Factor auditions. Anyway, they quickly decide to take it upon themselves to destroy some remote pipeline infrastructure and with the help of the internet and some stump remover, they manage to construct some pretty lethal IEDs and set their plan in motion. Depending on your politics, I suspect you will either love the efforts of these courageous eco-warriors or you will see them as little more than self-appointed judge and jury for the rest of us. Whilst my jury was intrigued at the start, the increasingly underwhelming nature of the personas collected here gradually made me consider whether or not I would ever want any aspect of my future (or anyone else's) in the hands of these people. The last twenty minutes is quite well put together but I did struggle with the roles attributed to the FBI agent and the local police officer. Is it daring or is it reckless? You decide but, though effectively illustrative of just how simple it is to make a bomb, I think had this been presented as something rather more that a student protest video consisting of people with plenty short-term answers but no actual solutions, then I might have appreciated it more.
