Waco

TV Mini Series
2018
TV-14
49m

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7.9/10

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Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch in Waco (2018)

The FBI and ATF look to seize religious leader David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993.

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The FBI and ATF seize religious leader David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993.The FBI and ATF seize religious leader David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993.The FBI and ATF seize religious leader David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

26K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,360

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 5 nominations total

Episodes6

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Trivia
Revelations of Waco (2018) is a companion documentary series released exclusively on the Paramount Network website and YouTube channel following the initial airing of each episode of the miniseries. The series reveals the true to life details of the Waco siege through interviews with those on both sides of the conflict. Each episode runs between nine and thirteen minutes in length.

Goofs
The military vehicles are older models than those used in the actual siege. This was likely done because the U.S. military would not participate in filming, so the filmmakers had to rely on private collections.

Quotes
[from trailer]
David Koresh: You've looked to me to be your leader. To guide you on this journey. But I'm no leader. I'm a follower, just like you. God has instructed me to stay here and wait for His sign. This is our time to prove through suffering that we are worthy of the miracle that's to come. The Kingdom of Heaven is coming, I promise you.

Crazy credits
SPOILER: EPILOGUE: "The FBI denied using incendiary devices that could have ignited a fire. They claimed the Branch Davidians intentionally started the fire in an apparent mass suicide."

"The Justice Department's Danforth Report in 2000 concluded the fire was started by the Branch Davidians. The report also acknowledged that the FBI had used incendiary flash-bang grenades in the assault."

"Surviving Branch Davidians maintained that there was never a plan for mass suicide."

"FBI negotiators successfully secured the release of 35 Branch Davidians during the siege."

"As a result of the tragedy in Waco, 76 Branch Davidians died in the fire."

"25 of them were children."

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Alex Rodriguez/Taylor Kitsch/Clive Davis/Bebe Rexha ft. Florida Georgia Line (2018)

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Featured review

9/10

AMAZINGLY GRAVITATING!

All I can say is WOW. Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch are incredible in their roles as an FBI agent and cult leader. Although you don't want to root for Kitsch's character, you can't help but be drawn in by his outstanding deliverance from David's vision of the bible. Michael Shannon portrays his character in an exact delivery on an apposite side of what David believed, but has a severe sense of conflict with the FBI that he shows in his alone time.

If this initial episode is just the fire cracker of what we all know is to come, I cannot wait for the following episodes.