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Independent American reporter Michael Ruppert is the subject of this documentary, which looks at how the ex-police officer managed to predict the massive Wall Street crash of 2008 years before it happened. The film delves into what led Ruppert to foresee the financial crisis, as well as his grim worldview, which envisions more economic disasters. The production also sheds light on Ruppert's own personal woes, which appear to be closely linked to his status as the bearer of bad news.
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Collapse can't prove its subject's theories, but it poses too many terrifyingly sobering questions to turn away from or ignore.

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Hank Sartin Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 18, 2011 Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard If he's even half right, the world our children and grandchildren will inherit doesn't bear thinking about. Rated: 3/5 Oct 6, 2010 Full Review Daily Telegraph (UK) Rated: 2/5 Oct 2, 2010 Full Review MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher There's a horrifying train wreck quality to documentarian Chris Smith's feature-length interview with Michael Ruppert, former LAPD detective, investigative reporter, CIA whistleblower. Feb 17, 2021 Full Review Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) [Collapse] is as much a backwards look at recent history, as well as a prediction for the coming change. Aug 22, 2017 Full Review Will Leitch Deadspin A staggering film about a man convinced he's the only poor son of a gun who gets it ... and how, as he grows to realize he might have actually been right all those years, it destroys him Rated: A Jun 22, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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delysid d good paranoid ranting thats making a lot of sense lately Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/06/19 Full Review Audience Member A sobering and depressing look at the future state of mankind. The documentary is interesting from beginning to end, as Mr. Ruppert uses facts to back up his assertions. His outlook may be gloomy, but there's reasoning and rationale behind it. And at last there is reason to be hopeful. I guess now we wait and see (over the next 20, 50 years) to see if he was correct. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member "I couldn't tear my eyes from the screen. "Collapse" is even entertaining, in a macabre sense. I think you owe it to yourself, to our future, to the future of our children and to the future of our planet to see it." #EvolutionOfTheMind #ThinkWithYourOwnHead Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Cautionary documentary owes much to the convictions of writer Ruppert. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Even if Ruppert is half-right with respect to his theories, this film is frightening. What the media is not reporting...... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member I can't believe I just found out about this doc now, but I'm sure Michael Ruppert wouldn't be surprised. Compelling not just for the information, theme and messages, but also for time spent with a complex, highly intelligent, interesting, troubled man who has refused to abandon his cause, his integrity, and his drive to get the information he has in his head out to the world in order to wake us up, against all the forces that would rather this information not get out and those who would just rather not hear it. He's been right before, and while some of his predictions may be slightly off in terms of timeline, or some events, based on the current state of affairs, I somehow think he may not be that far off the mark. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Independent American reporter Michael Ruppert is the subject of this documentary, which looks at how the ex-police officer managed to predict the massive Wall Street crash of 2008 years before it happened. The film delves into what led Ruppert to foresee the financial crisis, as well as his grim worldview, which envisions more economic disasters. The production also sheds light on Ruppert's own personal woes, which appear to be closely linked to his status as the bearer of bad news.
Director
Chris Smith
Production Co
Bluemark Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 17, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$47.0K
Runtime
1h 20m