Film Review – Zero Days

I don’t know if director Alex Gibney sleeps at all, but it certainly doesn’t seem like it. The prolific helmer has churned out over 15 documentaries in the last decade, covering topics such as musical artistry (“Finding Fela”), disgraced sporting gods (“The Armstrong Lie”), and political ruin (“Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer”). Gibney is always in motion, which is likely why his latest endeavor, “Zero Days,” feels like it’s on autopilot. It’s an informational explosion, delivering all the facts and figures an audience member could want from a movie, but suspense is missing from the picture, which is so consumed with proving its sophistication, it never bothers to build cinematic energy. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com