Important aspects of the “evidence” are poorly thought out hypotheses which have specious foundations. For example, JFK Jr. would not have committed suicide because he was young, rich, successful, and handsome and it would ruin his cousin’s wedding; or that there was no way Carolyn would get on board the plane without a flight instructor after John had been in a mini-plane accident three weeks previously and broken his foot or ankle (or maybe both).
The narrator advises the audience, if they doubt him, “Just ask any married man.” He’s never witnessed a situation where a wife says, “Fine, whatever,” in response to something stupid her husband is demanding, just to shut him up. It could’ve been followed by something like “I’ll go in your stupid plane if that makes you happy, but don’t blame me if we all end up dead.”
Although some of the “facts” presented about the night Kennedy, his wife, and sister-in-law literally dropped off the radar are indeed facts (without quotation marks), most of the substance of The Assassination of JFK Jr. is insubstantial. Not wanting to get lost in the “swamp of facts,” it manufactures a morass of innuendo, half-truths, and outright goofiness. Fortunately, it includes no extras.
Bottom Line: Would I buy/rent/stream The Assassination of JFK Jr.? Yes. Surprised? As a reliable piece of reporting, I wouldn’t, but as an exposé that approaches the level of Reefer Madness it’s hilarious. Watch it with friends and lots of popcorn to throw at the screen.
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Article comments
1 - charlie doherty
I tore this Hankey guy up in replies to emails he sent me regarding conspiracies involving JFK and even President Obama when he was still running for the high office. Don't know why I was on the receiving end of his crazy crap in the first place.
Anyway, John Hankey really is a joke and has no business calling himself a documentarian.
Great review.
2 - tim
While the conspiracy theory may be questionable in itself, it wouldn't surprise me at all if John was bumped off...he would have had the entire state of NY in his corner had he run for that senate seat instead of Hillary C.
3 - S,Coogan
I did one of the first reviews of Hankey's work. It can be found at CTKA. It deals with his first work JFK II and his other piece Dark Legacy which was written by Jim DiEugenio. More recently Hankey who is friends with the god awful Paul Kangas attacked DiEugenio and myself on a radio show as being operatives....We had to be because we questioned his research methods and ability. Which this perceptive review has duly noted. Wander along to CTKA and see what else we have to say.