A trailer for Charlie Sheen‘s new movie, “9/11,” based on the September 11 attacks, was released on Friday, and many people are calling it “beyond offensive” and “manipulative.”
“Dead Lord, the Charlie Sheen 9/11 trailer is beyond offensive. It looks like a very poorly made TV movie. Just horrific,” one user tweeted.
“I watched a trailer for a movie called ‘9/11’ starring Charlie Sheen and it’s awful and manipulative and makes me mad at everyone involved,” tweeted another.
“9/11,” which stars Sheen, Whoopi Goldberg and Gina Gershon, is based on true events when five people were stuck in an elevator in the World Trade Center’s North Tower during the terror attacks.
“This Charlie Sheen 9/11 movie trailer is Extremely Tasteless and Incredibly Unnecessary,” another Twitter user said. “I wish that wasn’t a real sentence but yay jokes?”
Representatives for Black Bear Studios and 20th Century Fox have not yet responded to TheWrap’s request for comment.
See some Twitter reactions below, and watch the trailer above.
https://twitter.com/OllieNYankees/status/888407934962733057
Wow really? 9/11 movie starring Charlie Sheen called… 9/11
— A.A. Ron (@AaronTheH) July 21, 2017
I'm not sure if it will ever be late enough for Charlie Sheen to star in a 9/11 movie.
— Abe Goldfarb (@AbeGoldfarb) July 21, 2017
This Charlie Sheen 9/11 movie trailer is Extremely Tasteless and Incredibly Unnecessary. I wish that wasn't a real sentence but yay jokes?
— Ben Gaspin (@BenGaspin) July 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/Beeshock/status/888458563420643328
Cheesy.- Trying too hard to elicit a certain response from the audience; unsubtle, inauthentic.
Example: 9/11 movie starring Charlie Sheen pic.twitter.com/FN5sSWhfq8— Azathoth y su Sonido Lasser (@cle_boo) July 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/globaljournal17/status/888456856921931776
Charlie Sheen & Whoopi Goldberg are starring in a 9/11 movie? What universe is this? Is it a comedy? Is it too late to make it one?
— David Wojo (@MrWojoRising) July 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/alexandrianeas/status/888433863332155392
https://twitter.com/weird_lust/status/888401263301246995
https://twitter.com/ActionRation/status/888479913866665984