49 Pulses

The doc is overall pretty good. The Showtime "Active Shooter" series did a much better job though...If you are going to watch just one, watch that one. I did like how the director focused on the people who lost their lives, instead of showing and naming the killer. I think more docs need to take that approach instead of making the killer famous for what they have done.

Always good to see that our most tragic events are not forgotten and that victims names are uplifted and remembered without saying the criminals name and unfortunately that's where the accolades end. The director/producer who also acts as interviewer is always ridiculous with the questions and his personal bias in his "documentaries" without offering a panel of valid solutions for preventative measures or improvements. Although I tried to get through more history lessons on tragedy by trolling Minns collection, I can't stomach anymore of him being on camera or behind it. Asking victims or survivors what they would say to the deceased is a shameless effort to trigger tears and drama, when most of these are mass shootings, why do you need to add to that horror? Everyone replies with something like that is a good question, people say that because they are overwhelmed by such a big question and thought process while already grieving loved ones and doing the interview in the first place. Minn's motives are clear, to exploit tragedy for money while placing blame on government. How original and also tells the audience that he doesn't believe we are smart enough to find the errors made in each tragedy. While law enforcement and policies certainly have issues, if Minn want everyone else to be held to a gold standard, allow me to hold him to one very important one, because instead of pushing his own agenda he could actually provide all the details and forward thinking pathways, by experts, not by him.

The definition of documentary is as follows

broadly : FACTUAL, OBJECTIVE.

1 being or consisting of documents : contained or certified in writing documentary evidence 2 of, relating to, or employing documentation in.

Hollywood needs to push you out of this business. Reviewer out.

I want to believe that Minn's heart is in the right place, but with this more than any of his other documentaries I've seen, I really don't know.

This one went through the motions and just felt a bit off, even if it does, in a sense, provide a platform for survivors of the shooting to tell their story and pay tribute to those who were killed.

But I've seen numerous films by Minn now where he takes a similar approach to covering various tragedies shortly after they happen, and while the intentions are hopefully good, there's just something under the surface that feels a bit off, and there's a chance (cynical as it may be to think so) that he's not making these for the right reasons.

A middle of the road rating might be the best way to represent how it could go either way, for me (of course the by the numbers presentation and editing does few favours for its overall rating, too)

I thought this was a wonderful documentary until people started blaming the police officers. Instead of blaming the psychopath with the weapon the survivors and their families turned on the officers and blamed them . They expected the officers to rush in and take down the gunman as soon as they arrived at the scene.

If the officers rush into an insecure hostage or active shooter scene, and get shot instantly.....then there is absolutely nobody left to help you. The scene was chaos. I don't know what could have been differently, but the constant blaming the first responders irritates me.

I watched a documentary on the Reelz channel about the shooter and the relationship with his ex wife. She was terribly abused, both physically and emotionally. Sadly, this nut died without justice being served.

I was terribly disappointed in this. It turned into a show blaming the police for everything that went wrong. I usually love documentaries but this was a waste of time. I didn't finish watching it.