There is even a connection made between the severe drought and the Syrian Civil War in creating an especially inhumane living environment. Some of the featured videos are surreal: the 2016 Greenland glaciers "exploding" due to warm temperatures, the flooded streets of Miami Beach from rising tides, and the aftermath of the Philippines typhoon are particularly impactful. Gore, but rather on the statistics and documentation of these earth-changing developments. As we would expect, the film is at its best when it focuses not on the celebrity and commitment of Mr. He is a self-described "recovering politician", yet we see him acting very much like an esteemed politician: presenting on stage, shaking hands with the adoring crowds, posing for selfies, giving speeches, appearing on talk shows, and coming across as a highly-polished public figure reciting well-rehearsed lines. Gore is on screen almost the entire run time. The film kicks off with a reminder of how powerful the original documentary was and how it started an avalanche of deniers even re-playing Glenn Beck's comparison of Al Gore to Joseph Goebbels as being weak sources of truth. Is this a frightening eye-opener on the climate-related changes over this past decade, or is it an attempt to return the spotlight to a faded rock star? The film provides evidence of both. Co-directors Bonni Cohen (THE RAPE OF EUROPA) and Jon Shenk (LOST BOYS OF SUDAN) seem conflicted on the purpose of this sequel.
Not only was this the first introduction to the science of "global warming" for many, it also won an Oscar for Mr. Eleven years ago, former Vice President Al Gore teamed up with filmmaker Davis Guggenheim to deliver a significant and startling wake-up call in the form of the documentary AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH.
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