Documentary about Marvin Heemeyer of Granby, Colorado, who thought everyone was mocking him after losing a zoning dispute. He had a muffler shop and had some skill at welding. He attacked the town in an armored bulldozer in 2004. Destroyed homes and buildings belonging to people he was mad at.
He left behind a tape recording explaining his actions. Referred to his "righteous anger".
I was surprised at how well-armed the police were in such a small town. They were no match for the giant armored bulldozer, but it was so slow-moving it was only a threat to the buildings. Although there was a .50 caliber rifle pointing out the back.
There was an old Ray Harryhausen movie where they release a circus elephant to fight a large dinosaur. It was sort of like that here. There was a big unstoppable armored bulldozer and they tried using their own bulldozer and road grader to battle it.
Available on Netflix.
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