First of all, all the complaints directed to this movie vis a vis "anti-Arab prejudice" and "anti-Bill of Rights" are misguided. This movie was annoying in its repeated efforts to show us the evils of such prejudice, that 99% of Arabs or Muslims are fine people, and that Military takeovers and suspended Civil Rights are EVIL. OK, I GOT it already. The plot itself deteriorated as soon as the first "terrorist cell" was wiped - when all hell broke loose, and the Benning character became even more confusing. There were logical lapses too in events: how could two dozen machine-gun armed FBI agents just suddenly waltz through the doorway of the Army division HQ unbothered and untouched? Some of the actions of the division CO, Willis, were not something a two-star general (or even a major) would do. "The Siege" started very well, and unravelled in many ways: plot, character, and the writer's desperation to not be seen as "anti-Arab". It (unjustifiably) didn't work.
