Synopsis: It is happening all across America... rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground, a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking" and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.A very informative and well done documentary that comes across as more of an expose' on the natural gas drilling industry. It's both shocking and sad and lacks the snarky sarcasm of other documentaries by people like Michael Moore and the ilk, yet it's in a similar style.
The filmmaker is from the same world as the people he interviews and there seems to be a connection with them that comes out as honesty. It's easy to sympathize with them due to the circumstances many find themselves in.
My only problem with the film might be that it really only tells one side of the story... assuming there actually is another side. I mean, it's pretty hard to deny an issue when people are actually SETTING THEIR F'N TAP WATER ON FIRE. Yep, straight out of the faucet. Has nothing to do with the drilling though... right?
I hate to sound cliche', but everyone in America who uses natural gas should see this well-made, eye-opening documentary that raises a whole lot of questions that need answered.
8/10
