
Ronald Reagan was the President of the Screen Actor's Guild during the incredibly violent Hollywood trade union strike in the 1940's. Reagan saw first-hand the brutality, destruction and oppression that defined the communist party as it attempted to overtake the unions to convert them into propaganda mills for the Soviet Union. The strike incited in him a call to action and an unshakeable belief that communism was a "form of insanity" which must be wiped from the earth. From ... (Full plot summary below)
Enjoy FREE movies and series with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
Ronald Reagan was the President of the Screen Actor's Guild during the incredibly violent Hollywood trade union strike in the 1940's. Reagan saw first-hand the brutality, destruction and oppression that defined the communist party as it attempted to overtake the unions to convert them into propaganda mills for the Soviet Union. The strike incited in him a call to action and an unshakeable belief that communism was a "form of insanity" which must be wiped from the earth. From SAG President, to GE Spokesman, Governor of California and finally, to President of the United States, this film chronicles the rise of Ronald Reagan, his unwavering conviction that America was the world's last best hope of man, and shows why he is hero to over a billion people who he helped free from the bonds of Soviet domination.
Leave your thoughts about In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed.
| Wall Street JournalMary Anastasia O'GradyBannon's film makes good use of historical footage to show how a B-list Hollywood actor made the unlikely ascension to commander-in-chief. |
| Village VoiceDavid BlaylockOverreaching in many of its laudatory appraisals, the film is mostly GOP-boosting rhetoric in the guise of a dull History Channel special. |
| The New York TimesNed MartelA cinematic canonization that presents the 40th president as the 20th century's godsend. |
| Dallas ObserverLuke Y. ThompsonWhat this Reagan movie really needed was . . . more Reagan. None of his admirers have his charisma, and none of the footage here is surprising. Fox News could easily produce a better film. |
| VarietyRobert KoehlerArchival material -- especially rare B&W Soviet footage -- is a knockout, though the assembly of talking heads, nearly all Reagan loyalists, is predictable and uninspired. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonThis is for the pre-converted, certainly not the left, or even those who consider themselves detached observers. |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghWere the film's tone not so hysterical it might be provocative; as it is, insights and insults are inextricably intertwined. |
| New York PostLou LumenickSo over the top that it often plays like a parody. |
| User ReviewB.GarrettDeep and Insightful look at how remarkably effective Ronald Reagan was at combatting evil in our world. He was the right man at the right time for the job. |
| User ReviewCharlesR.This is the way we should all learn history. We need to be able to draw the right conclusions from history, to know how to act in the present and how to prepare for the future. What a great way to use our Government Schooling -- teach with this DVD, that they may learn to better discern right from wrong, good from evil. |