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Atlas Shrugged: Part 2

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Atlas Shrugged: Part 2

PG-13

Released Oct 12, 2012

1h 52m

Drama

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With the world's economy on the brink of collapse, Dagny Taggart discovers a possible solution to the global energy crisis.

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Poorly written, clumsily filmed and edited, and hampered by amateurish acting, Atlas Shrugged: Part II does no favors to the ideology it so fervently champions.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Atlas won't be the only one to shrug off this tiresome load.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 19, 2012

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Alan Scherstuhl

Village Voice

Seriously, if this is the best promotion of itself that the free market can manage, it really would benefit from the help of a Ministry of Culture or something.

Oct 15, 2012

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Sheri Linden

Los Angeles Times

Director John Putch struggles to find balance or generate a single spark from the clunky mix of romance, political diatribe and thriller.

Oct 15, 2012

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Sean Burns

Philadelphia Weekly

A greedy billionaire's most feverish nightmare realized with all the amateurish panache of a daytime soap opera.

May 3, 2015

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

There are ironic footnotes in cinema history because they champion the free market yet fail miserably in it.

Rated: 1.5/5

Jun 9, 2013

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Rob Humanick

Projection Booth

The Bad Boys II of ****ty propaganda films, morally and aesthetically corrupt yet compulsively watchable in the broad strokes. Somewhere, in heaven, Eisenstein is laughing. Hard.

Rated: 0.5/4

Nov 5, 2012

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mark g

So poorly written, directed, acted. It plays like a high school play written by the kids. The characters are paper-thin, either entirely good (capitalists) or entirely bad (everyone else). So naive and simplistic, Ayn would be proud.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/15/24

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Gregory H

Jason Beghe is amazing! Such a solid actor even before his main role in Chicago PD! Loved this part!!!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/24

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America F

Another amazing installment! The leftists will hate it! Too much truth…

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/01/23

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Daniel W

This isn't as good as Atlas Shrugged Part 1, but the middle of a trilogy usually isn't. Still, it's very good.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/08/23

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Donald S

A low budget production that does a decent job overcoming this shortcoming. A great storyline and worthwhile watching.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/13/23

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Russ G

I'd presume 90% of the audience for this saw Part 1. Well, that was as good as this "trilogy" of films serializing the book got. The opener showed some promise but it's pissed away here. You no doubt saw the total change of cast - not that the original cast was gonna snag any Oscar nominations. Well, here it's a lower caste of unknowns and there was a reason for that - budget. This particular turd stunk so bad that "Part 3" almost didn't get made and it's too bad that it did because the entirely new production co for THAT steamin' pile went even cheaper if that's even possible.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Synopsis

With the world's economy on the brink of collapse, Dagny Taggart discovers a possible solution to the global energy crisis.

Director: John Putch
Producer: John Aglialoro, Jeff Freilich, Harmon Kaslow
Screenwriter: Duke Sandefur, Brian Patrick O'Toole, Duncan Scott
Distributor: Atlas Distribution Company
Production Co: Cinema Vehicle Services
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 12, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.3M
Runtime: 1h 52m

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