Review: ‘New World Order’ on Independent Film Channel

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“New World Order,” which premieres tonight on the Independent Film Channel, is a film about people battling with phantoms. They are volunteers in an ‘information war’ who see as clearly, as John saw his four Apocalyptic horsemen and seven trumpeting angels, that 9/11 was an ‘inside job,’ that the military-industrial complex killed Kennedy, and that an international ‘power elite’ is plotting to enslave us all, excepting for those it will kill outright.

They are hard to pigeonhole politically, these conspiracy adepts, trusting neither the ‘socialist Democrats’ nor the ‘fascist Republicans’ -- Ron Paul seems to be their man, if anyone is -- yet sounding as often like ‘60s leftist radicals as right-wing militiamen. They take the 1st Amendment as seriously as any card-carrying member of the ACLU, styling themselves muckrakers and speakers of truth to power, often through a bullhorn.

The man with the biggest bullhorn is Alex Jones, an Austin, Texas-based syndicated radio host and maker of such films as ‘Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement’ (116 five-star reviews on Amazon.com) and ‘Martial Law 9-11: The Rise of the Police State,’ and the point through which all the strands connect in this unexpectedly affecting, nonjudgmental documentary by Luke Meyer and Andrew Neel. Meyer and Neel don’t get in the way of their subjects; there are no talking heads or title cards to contradict their worldview, or even

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-- Robert Lloyd