Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?

Original title: Atlas Shrugged: Part III

2014
PG-13
1h 39m

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4.3/10

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Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? (2014)

Approaching collapse, the nation's economy is quickly eroding. As crime and fear take over the countryside, the government continues to exert its brutal force against the nation's most productive who are mysteriously vanishing - leaving behind a wake of despair.

One man has the answer. One woman stands in his way.

Some will stop at nothing to control him. Others will stop at nothing to save him.

He swore by his life. They swore to find him.

Who is John Galt?

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In a post-apocalyptic America, the iron fist of the totalitarian government seeks to crush one mysterious man named John Galt, who has the power and influence to change everything..In a post-apocalyptic America, the iron fist of the totalitarian government seeks to crush one mysterious man named John Galt, who has the power and influence to change everything..In a post-apocalyptic America, the iron fist of the totalitarian government seeks to crush one mysterious man named John Galt, who has the power and influence to change everything..

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4.3/10

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Trivia
The container ship seen seemingly sinking in the opening monologue is the MV Rena, which ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef off the coast of New Zealand's North Island in 2011, due to a course change. The ship subsequently tilted to starboard and split in two, by which time most of the containers aft of the split (two thirds of the ship) had been removed or lost at sea. The aft two thirds of the ship, after being emptied, sheared off of the front section due to tides and bad weather, then sank beneath the surface. The front section's containers were removed, and then the rest of the ship was cut into sections to be removed by salvage.

Goofs
There's a map of the US in the Taggart Railroad center. In the State of Missouri the cities of Springfield and Jefferson City are reversed in geography.

Quotes
[first lines]
Narrator: This is a story that begins on a warm spring night, at a meeting of the 20th Century Motors employees. It was a night I'll never forget.
Narrator: When the owner of the company died, his children took over and brought in a new plan to run the factory. The plan was that everybody would work as hard as they could, but share in their salaries and the profit based on need. That is, those who claimed they needed the money most, were the ones who got paid the most.
James Taggart: [at podium] This is a crucial moment in the history of this company. Now remember, each of us now belongs to the other, by the moral law we all voted for and we all accept.
John Galt: I don't. I don't accept it.
Narrator: His words caused confusion, but he stood there like a man who knew he was right.
John Galt: And I'm going to put a stop to this once and for all.
James Taggart: How?
John Galt: I'll stop the motor of the world...
[walks out]

Connections
Follows Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)

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6/10

A movie series that started off interesting but really stumbled at the end. Worth a watch just to complete the saga.

"Now you know everything, now you understand why." Dagny Taggart (Regan) has crashed her plane on the other side of the mysterious glow and when she comes to she sees the mysterious John Galt (Polaha). She also sees other people she knew that have disappeared and is told of what is happening. When she makes the choice to return to the "real world" she tries one last time to change the direction of industry and the country. This is a movie series that seemed to get steadily worse. The first one was good and got me sucked in but the second one seemed to drag a lot and the reason I watched this was really just to complete the story. While these movies aren't terrible the fact that they couldn't keep the same cast throughout made it confusing trying to remember who was who and what happened in the earlier movies. I really think had they done this as a mini-series it would have helped. They all have the feel of a made-for-TV movie anyway. Overall, a movie series that started off interesting but really stumbled at the end. Worth a watch just to complete the saga. I give this a C.