Atlas Shrugged: Part II

Starring: Mathis, Samantha and Beghe, Jason

Product Description

The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Unemployment has risen to 24%. Gas is now $42 per gallon. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear at the hands of the unknown. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to a mounting energy crisis - found abandoned amongst the ruins of a once productive factory, a revolutionary motor that could seemingly power the World. But, the motor is dead... there is no one left to decipher its secret... and, someone is watching. It's a race against the clock to find the inventor before the motor of the World is stopped for good. Who is John Galt?

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 024543859253
• Release Date: September 2014
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
• Director: Putch, John
• Starring: Mathis, Samantha, Beghe, Jason
• Runtime: 1 hour, 52 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Finally, part II hope I am alive for part three!

I hope you watched part one before this. If you want to know what this film is all aboutYou're going to have to read the book. There is no way to recap the story or the philosophy behind it in the short review. So, I will have to assume that you either have read the book or intend to read it. As with most book adaptations, one could build a laundry list of what is missing. I was hoping for a period piece. However, after viewing this presentation, I realize that a period piece would be very clumsy and that they made the right decision by adapting it to a more up-to-date venue (the year 2016). Then, of course, you have to choose the actors (different from part one), and that must've been a monumental task. The bottom line is this is as good as it's going to get. I found myself enjoying the film even with the anticipation of some story parts from the book, and am looking forward to the last part III, the Shangri-La scene. Atlas Shrugged Part III will be written by Duncan Scott and Brian O'Toole. If you haven't read the book first, though there are a lot of things that have been implied, a few things that have been combined or dismissed, so you will have to watch carefully to be able to figure out what the storyline is and the reasoning behind it, it is the action. If you're not inclined to read books that can help you sit taller at the table (approximately 336 pages), then be sure to look at the DVD extras, as they will give you a better insight as to what the producers are trying to portray with the various scenes.