CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

David Jackson I am surprised more people here have not flatly called out this movie as nonsense. This movie repeats some pretty extreme allegations which are usually the currency of chain emails or conspiracy theory websites. Home auto enthusiasts have repeatedly created vapor carburetors that allow cars to get 100+ miles a gallon since the 1950s? Even if you don't discount that logically (auto companies - not oil companies - would make billions if not trillions from this) then before you commit to believing something so extreme you ought to do a little research. After 10 minutes of honest searching on reputable sites such as wikipedia or snopes, you'll find that, as you should already expect, these claims are lies.The brief history of the oil industry I did find informative and interesting. That's the only reason I'm giving this film two stars instead of one.

Sheldon Aubut First I have to say that I couldn't watch more than a half hour of this drivel before I decided to quit wasting my time and moved on to something productive. These "100 m.p.h. carburetors" have been tested over and over again by real scientists and they do not work. This is all wishful thinking. The S.A.E. (Society of Automotive Engineers) have tested them, car industry and enthusiast magazines have tested them, they've been tested by universities, and over and over again people have wasted their energy testing them; and one thing comes true every time. They do not work. And, there is no more oil company conspiracy than every day business practices, which can in themselves be evil, but not in this case. Water injection, in very minute amounts, has been proved to work to cool the charge but it has little bearing on mileage, only the efficiency to burn, almost unmeasurable, cleaner. But can you imagine having water injection in Duluth Minnesota where it gets to -50 f. in the winter? Give me a break.It is interesting that in talking about the "Buick that got over 100 miles per gallon" they show the patent briefly and a Compressed Natural Gas tank only for a moment without explanation. It appears that in this particular case the CNG is used in the process and that compressed air is also used. The problem with that is this "documentary" (term used lightly) does not take that into account in the claims of high mileage. Compressors to compress both the air and the CNG run on electricity, making tanks to hold them takes energy, the CNG itself is just another form of petroleum distillate and none of this seems to be taken into account in the claims. It is obvious that the producers of this movie went into the project with the sole intent of proving a conspiracy, rather than with an open mind, and nothing, even facts would not keep them from their goal.I watch a lot of documentaries and this has to be, without a doubt, the worst I've ever seen. Not only for its lack of science, but the filming, the choice of interview subjects, the editing... I can't think of one thing positive I can say about this movie. If you are a conspiracy theorist you may like or even love this movie. If you have any knowledge of science you will hate it, and if you are in the middle you may be duped into thinking this stuff might be true, which it is NOT. Stay far, far away from this movie.

dayXexists I am both fascinated and infuriated by the subject matter and I appreciate any effort to draw attention to the issue and expose the greedy Big Oil executives, but I thought this was just poorly done. Very amateurish. It felt like they spliced together a bunch of the same clips and used lame old cartoons to make jokes and get their points across. It almost reminded me, quality-wise, of a video I made in college using Windows Movie Maker in which I pretty much just mashed up a bunch of different YouTube videos. It did not feel very tightly focused, and it was very repetitive. Still need to check out Gasland, which I'm sure is better.

Blank This movie is one of many important messages that I predict will go largely ignored. It is evident that Oil is largely in control of the world energy market, not just the United States, after the Oil companies posted record profits during the most recent global economic crises that was blamed on the housing and banking industries.So, we bailed out banks who we blamed the crises on and we bailed out the autos who work with oil companies to sell us vehicles that pollute our environment and cost us more to maintain, while 120 years of rumors, patents, companies, and mysterious mafia-like deaths happen all around inventors of cleaner and more sustainable transportation. We are constantly training and funding our enemies and paying for our problems to worsen. Why can a business proposition not be made to the American consumers that can demonstrate an ROI that would compel them to change their petroleum consumption? It seems like a concise and clear PERSONAL action plan is what is missing in all of this messaging. Show your neighbor how she can save $X over the next three years by making a personal investment in cleaner energy, and then the entire movement will "go viral" as the kids say. Don't even talk about any environmental benefits, but you can talk about "the terrorists" a little... everybody would love to hear that they would be taking from the top line revenue of the bad guys, I imagine (extra bonus if you noticed the economic terrorists in London, Houston, and Washington that were implied.)Now I'm very much against spoilers, but my comment on this movie must include one, so you've been doubly-warned: this movie attempts to address not only the egregious atrocities of the Oil industry, but tries to gently introduce the fact that we are the problem. You and I fail to act. We are comfortable consuming the pollutants that are taking away our financial means to feel empowerment and at liberty to participate, or certainly instigate, social change. How does the film do this? Well, the narrator almost says it a couple of times. What I can't stop laughing about is the rather lame attempt to rally up a feel good "we believe in the people... we're ready to change and the time is now" finale. It tried to end on an emotional note that was rather vacuous and felt to me as discrediting to a documentary that purports to be uncovering the facts about a clandestine injustice affecting everyone. They should know on a $500,000 budget that very few people are going to watch this movie that don't already know about the problem, or perhaps wouldn't care enough in the first place to already be looking for an answer on how to act. They give a few ideas (I'm not that much of a spoiler), but why the rah, rah, rah ending? Why not a step-by-step instruction plan with a promise to be driving by every day to check on you to make sure you are doing the right thing? Threaten the American public to do what you want. Seems like it worked for Big Oil.But seriously: this film (and writing this review) have given me some ideas on how to act and I'm looking forward to further research. Don't make the mistake in thinking Rockefeller is more responsible than Bush, just don't forget that you're the one buying their product and paying their salary.