Siege Mentality

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But detractors still worry that the spectre of Islamic terrorism is raised so forcefully audiences will come away with an overall negative impression. ''They have good intentions, but the whole first two thirds of the movie is Muslims blowing up innocent Americans,'' says Ibrahim Hooper, communications director of CAIR. ''It's only the last third that seeks to challenge those negative stereotypes.'' Shalhoub, for one, is puzzled by the criticism. ''One of the movie's main points is that these are extremists within a population of good and fine citizens,'' he says. ''I don't know how the movie can make that more obvious.''

Without the strong support of critics to justify his vision, Zwick now must put his hopes in the box office. And he can take comfort in knowing that things could've been worse. His film, after all, was at one point titled Holy War.

Originally posted Nov 13, 1998 Published in issue #458 Nov 13, 1998 Order article reprints

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