Review: Endgame (2007)
Directed by Alex Jones
If you are reading this review, I'm going to assume that you're at least
familiar with radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. A polarizing
figure in the world of esoterica, his antics either motivate you or piss you
right off. In either case, he's got a new documentary out for your admiration
or skepticism.
In Endgame, writer/director/producer Alex Jones takes us beyond the globalists’
campaign of false-flag terror operations detailed in Terrorstorm and moves us forward to examine the ultimate goals of
the NWO. If it's to be believed, Jones' vision of the future is a depressing
one. In the opening minutes, in fact, it felt like I was watching the trailer
for a new Tom Clancy thriller--complete with a twisting plot of global
intrigue. Only this time Jack Ryan isn't going to save the day.
Bilderbergers, eugenics, and transhumanism...oh my.
The first thing I noticed about Endgame
was the quality graphics and the moody theme song composed by Graham Reynolds
(Terrorstorm, A Scanner Darkly) in
the introduction sequence. Building on the level of production quality set in
Terrorstorm, Jones has outdone
himself with Endgame. In all
regards, Endgame is the most
professional sounding and looking documentary Jones has released.
Although Endgame ushers in a new level
of technical achievement for Jones, content wise it still suffers from many
of the same problems as Terrorstorm.
One of the biggest complaints I have with Jones' work is that he has a way of
utterly burying you in facts. As usual, while the information presented is
worthwhile, the way he delivers it will leave many viewers overwhelmed.
Starting with the ancient roots of globalism, Endgame sets a basic groundwork for the rise of the powerful
families that, as Jones attempts to show, continue to hijack human destiny to
this day. This segment is interesting, but I couldn't help but feel that
Jones was presenting an oversimplified view of world history. For example,
his explanation as to the start of World War I was that the globalists wished
it as such and that Gavrilo Princep was somehow "linked" to their
intelligence networks. In this way, he ignores the complicated state of
global politics at the turn of the century and glosses over it with a far too
convenient 'man behind the curtain' explanation.
Endgame continues to get compelling
when it moves into Hitler's rise to power and World War II. In my travels
investigating conspiracy theories, I've always wondered how the conflict
between socialism and communism related to the globalists' plans. Did they
favor one movement over the other? Did they support both sides? Or did it
mark a divide between the clandestine rulers of the world? So often the NWO
is portrayed as a unified entity, but I've been fascinated with the idea of
splinter factions or differing views amongst the globalists on how to best
bring about a one world government. Although Jones never goes into this with
a level of detail that I would have liked, the film does hint at a possible
struggle between the fascists in Germany and the Fabian socialists of
England.
Unfortunately, before Jones can get into Hitler's possible connections to or
struggles against the NWO, Endgame
moves on to the footage of Alex crashing the Bilderberg assembly in Ottawa,
Canada. Covered already on venues such as his radio program and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory,
it was nonetheless amusing to see the video footage before and after Jones
was detained at a Canadian airport. Also, in a bit of comic relief, this
segment also features Jones confronting the limos of leaving Bilderberg
attendees and mocking them as they pass.
From here, Endgame goes on to cover
two final topics.
The first, and I must say least engaging part of the movie for me, is the
planned North American Union and the Trans-Texas Corridor. Basically, at this
point in the movie, I was already starting to feel the exhaustion of
information overload. This topic no less important to Jones' overall message
than the rest of the film, but I don't know...I think you need to be a Texan
to truly appreciate the gravity of the situation. Though a recorded interview
with an adamant WWII vet telling us to "...stop this here!" was
nothing short of moving.
The final segment of Endgame is
where all of the serious future forecasting happens. Detailing the globalists’
love of eugenics and transhumanism, Jones gives us a glimpse at their goals
of human depopulation via viral weapons and immortality via fusion with
technology. It sounds very sci-fi, but his claims are indeed backed up by
Jones’ usual assortment of mainstream news articles. Of note here,
Jones' assertion that this big environmentalism movement of late is in fact
an scheme by the NWO to promote de-population agendas as well as earn income
via carbon taxes. If nothing else, it’s a new spin on the SOS/Going
Green crowd that I hadn't considered before.
If this review is starting to feel long winded, that's because I'm trying to
do justice to all of the information jam-packed into Endgame. Make no mistake, this is a long movie. At a little over
2 hours, it’s certainly not for those with short attention spans. In
this regard, I feel that ultimately Endgame
could have used a couple more passes through the editing process. At times,
it felt like Jones was returning to topics already adequately covered or beating
a particular horse well into a fine paste. Still, although not as
user-friendly as Terrorstorm, Endgame
is a nice change of pace from the usual 9/11 Truth Movement stuff put out by
Alex Jones.
Ratings:
Information: 7
Editing: 6
Audio/Video: 9
Overall (not
an average): 8 / 10
~Khyron, 2007
