64%
liked it
Alan Arkin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Clotworthy
A CIA analyst questions his assignment after witnessing an unorthodox interrogation at a secret detention facility outside the US.
Id: 10888504
An interesting set of inter-related stories - a US citizen is being tortured in Northern Africa as he supposedly received phone calls from a terrorist; the daughter of a local army official runs away home; a young terrorist tried to kill that army official; a green CIA agent is a...( read more)
A much stronger film would have measured the deplorable ethics of using extraordinary rendition with its results and debated its usefulness. This is not that film. It tries to cover an epic scope, throws in way too many characters, and even includes a plot twist involving time-...( read more)
this movie had a great cast but not a great story, i didnt find it dat intriguing at all nor did i find it 2 be really smart. Though it had a talented director 2 make i still technically brilliant film. I think it was really the story that failed. It could've been amazing but f...( read more)
Very topical and controversial subject matter. Strong performances, esp. by Arkin. Recommended.
Douglas Freeman: Give me a pie chart, I love pie charts. Anything, anything that outweighs the fact that if you torture one person you create ten, a hundred, a thousand new enemies!!!
Very sobering and intense. I don't really know what my reaction is or should be. Certainly more interested in what the practices actually are (unsure how much of the movie is dramatized/fictionalized).
Umm... Didnt really do it for me. The story kinda dragged out and I lost interest throughout most of it... maybe its my mood. Idunno lol
