Film Review – Atlas Shrugged: Part II – The Strike

I missed out on reviewing last year’s “Atlas Shrugged: Part I” for many
reasons, with limited theater availability and a lack of personal
interest my primary motivation to pass on an opportunity to screen the
picture. Also a compelling reason to dodge the feature was the furor
surrounding the film’s inspiration, as I knew little about author Ayn
Rand outside of her basic philosophical leanings, which appear to cause a
great deal of wonderful people a considerable amount of unnecessary
frustration. Despite an admirable push to generate some hoopla around
the release, “Atlas Shrugged: Part I” bombed at the box office and then
gathered dust as a home video release. It seemed as though this “Part I”
of a proposed trilogy would be as far as Rand’s most successful work
would get on the big screen. However, never underestimate the power of a
wealthy producer (in this case, John Aglialoro). 18 months later, and
we now have “Atlas Shrugged: Part II – The Strike.” It’s time for me to
bite the bullet. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com