49 Pulses

Charlie Minn's documentaries are pretty good up until the half way point. That's when he starts to blame police instead of the person that committed the crime. It's apparently his formula for documentaries.

1 - show details of tragedy 2 - talk about the victims (bravo by the way) 3 - start blaming and questioning police.

I think for the next horrific event we get Charlie Minn strapped up to go in immediately because he apparently knows best how to deal with these psychopaths.

Some reviewers are upset because survivors were upset about how long it took police to save the remaining victims however it's still an important documentary to watch. Never blame the victims for their feelings and most importantly it helps law enforcement with future training. I am happy that I watched this powerful documentary despite its monstrous tragedy.

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.

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.

49 Pulses (2017)

*** (out of 4)

This is a rather depressing documentary that takes a look at the Orlando Pulse club shooting, which had a maniac killing forty-nine people. This documentary features interviews with survivors, re-enactments of the events as well as family members of those who didn't make it out.

49 PULSES is certainly a strong documentary and one that's certainly sad to watch. The documentary really did a great job at explaining the terror that was happening inside the club that night including some really dramatic interviews with the survivors. There's no doubt that the strongest part of the film were the interviews because you can see the pain and fear in the voices and eyes in those who lived.

The documentary certainly doesn't shy away from the pain that the survivors have but we also get some nice tributes to some of the people who didn't survive. All of this was extremely good stuff and there's no doubt that the heart of the film is in the right place as it wants to support the people who were killed.

With that being said, if you're familiar with the work of director Charlie Minn then you will know that he's a cop hating guy. There's really no other way to put it but he hates the police and wants to blame them for everything so there's a lot of hatred shown to the police and how they handled the situation. In fact, the police get more blame than the actual shooter so that should tell you all you need to know.

Even with that being said, the film is still worth watching as long as you can put up with the sadness that is there.