Phew!
This is one intense movie. It's the ultimate "what would you do?"
An American citizen-turned-terrorist posts a video saying he's planted 3 nuclear bombs in 3 locations in the USA. He's caught, and interrogated by Samuel L Jackson, who plays Mr. Extremely Nasty to other investigators' Mr & Mrs. Lawful and Correct.
How far would you let the interrogation go in your pursuit of information about the location of the bombs? Is torture acceptable? And what about torture of the terrorist's wife, and children?
Samuel L plays a dangerously unhinged agent in pursuit of the truth most of us wouldn't have the resolve to dig out.
Like many, I'm glad we have professionals to make these choices for us, and hope I wouldn't bitch afterward.
Aside from the ending, I was left with a couple more imponderables:
1. While I wonder why the director picked an English actor for such an intense American role, Michael Sheen (The Queen, Frost/Nixon), did an outstanding job, and answered the "why?"
2. How on earth did this go straight to DVD? It's a travesty.
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