Unthinkable

Year: 2010

Grade: B-

Country: USA

Director: Jordan

Review

guess this one went straight to dvd even though it has some notable stars (carrie anne-moss and samuel l. jackson, among others). it’s a simple premise – american-born terrorist makes three nukes and releases a video telling the authorities that he’s going to detonate them in three days unless they meet his demands. terrorist lets himself get caught and jackson is brought in to do the dirty work (i.e., torture the fuck out of the guy) until he gives up the info. have we changed as a result of these techniques? was it worth it? it raises the usual questions and has a not unpredictable twist ending. production values weren’t all that hot, but not a bad movie overall.