2010 Directed by Gregor Jordan
The government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It's up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent to find out exactly where the nukes are.
Samuel L. Jackson Carrie-Anne Moss Michael Sheen Stephen Root Lora Kojovic Martin Donovan Gil Bellows Vincent Laresca Brandon Routh Joshua Harto Holmes Osborne Michael Rose Randy Oglesby Benito Martinez Sasha Roiz Dayo Ade Yara Shahidi Sayeed Shahidi Necar Zadegan Jillian Bruno Coby Seyrafi Chris McGarry Angela Martinez David E. Willis Geoff Meed Kirk B.R. Woller Kelly Vaughn Bill A. Jones Phil Somerville Show All…
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不可思议, El día del juicio final, Hihetetlen
Politics and human rights High speed and special ops War and historical adventure political, democracy, president, documentary or propaganda terrorism, thriller, gripping, intense or political war, soldiers, combat, fought or military destruction, disaster, earth, scientific or mankind spy, agent, intrigue, thriller or suspense Show All…
More or less a completely blind watch for a film I hadn't even heard of before I saw it on Amazon Prime.
I made what I assumed was the mistake of watching this because it seemed to be quite respectably rated in a few different places, but I can see why. I can also see why anybody might call it a reprehensible and exploitative piece of shit, yet I'm one of those reprobates who's not-so-secretly quite pleased to see a mainstream Hollywood film go to the places Unthinkable goes.
Not just in terms of its numerous graphic torture scenes, performed with a disarming straight face by Samuel L. Jackson, but in terms of who is being tortured. Michael Sheen's terrorist…
If Netflix was pumping out movies in 2010, this would’ve been a Netflix original for sure. Michael Sheen and Samuel L Jackson are both excellent and for about the first hour, it was an exciting thriller. Then suddenly people start making pretty stupid decisions, then really stupid decisions leading to 1 OMG moment followed by an even more absurd final 5 minutes that ends with so much still in the air. Just an absolute bummer of an ending after a promising start. This looked like a 3.5 but now I feel generous giving it 2.5 stars
Steven Arthur Younger (Michael Sheen) is an American citizen, ex-military, weapons specialist and radicalised terrorist who plants three nuclear-armed bombs in cities across the United States. Helen Brody (Carrie-Anne Moss), who heads up the FBI's Counter Terrorist Unit, is called in along with a mystery man known as H (Samuel L. Jackson) to interrogate Younger in the hope he will reveal the location of the devices.
Sure the plot sounds like every second thriller produced in the 1980s/ 1990s, but the difference with Unthinkable (other than its 2010 release date) is that it boasts a fine cast. Moss and Sheen certainly get to show off their performance range. There's some excellent writing and perfect pacing, and it's all wrapped up…
Installment in my Actor Arc Challenge
It kinda really pains me that less than 1k people on Letterboxd have seen this. It's shocking. Admittedly, this wasn't a very publicized film and I even missed it's release.
Films like this (and Zero Dark Thirty and probably many others) really interest me. If you know what this is about then you'll probably find that statement pretty fucked up. If you don't know, this film is basically centered on United States sanctioned torture. I enjoy films like this because of their honesty. Who gives a shit what the Geneva Convention says? Everyone everywhere uses some form of torture when necessary, regardless of what they tell other people. It's effective and, at times, necessary.…
“Physical torture doesn’t work!”
“I guess that’s why they’ve been using it since the beginning of human history, huh?”
This was so so good, makes you question how far interrogators should be allowed to go when dealing with a terrorist withholding information in a life or death situation. It annoyed me how they kept going back and forth like “yes do whatever you have to do” *does something* “no no stop” *stops, gives a speech* “do whatever you have to do” it got old really quick and it got annoying. Overall though was on the edge of my seat, made me feel really uncomfortable and shocked at moments. Samuel L Jackson and Michael Sheen both give incredible performances as per.
Makes you think, with the lives of millions of innocent people at stake.. what’s really unthinkable?
I wanted a quick and less mentally taxing type of flick this morning and since Samuel L. and Arnold were currently tied for second on my most watched list, I figured it was time to break that tie.
This plot falls into that category of post 9/11 films that attempt to examine and, in some cases justify, the awful actions employed by United States military in the name of fighting terrorism. In the early 2000s these films always attempted to create an ethical dilemma, usually using the justification of protecting the greater good as an excuse to torture and inflict extreme cruelty on another human being. These films generally seem problematic at best today as many who have read the…
This is a solid bomb thriller that really makes viewers question how far interrogations should be allowed to go when the individual is withholding information that could save countless lives. Samuel L. Jackson gives his usual stellar performance while playing the part of bad-ass torture-master CIA 'Consultant'. It's certainly a bit of a disturbing film with an ending that really can't be considered a 'good' ending, but I found it quite entertaining regardless.
'Physical torture doesn't work!'
'I guess that's why they've been using it since the beginning of Human history, huh?'
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Unthinkable is a movie all about making what you think is completely and absolutely wrong (probably, anyway) and flipping it on its head to make you second guess your own ethics. The moral quandaries present by this movie literally had me scratching my head trying to think of a solution (either that or it's that pesky bug bite on my scalp... on second thought it was probably that). It seriously made me uncomfortable, not because of the visuals it showed but rather because it was forcing me to choose a side on an incredibly difficult subject.
The production quality wasn't extremely high. However, there were only a couple of times where special effects were used that this was really made…
Unthinkable von Gregor Jordan ist ein perfider und nervenaufreibender Thriller der mit Samuel L Jackson , Carrie-Anne Moss und Michael Sheen echt top besetzt ist .
Es geht um Michael Sheen der einen Terroristen spielt der in den USA 3 mit Timern versehende Atombomben versteckt hat . Carrie-Anne Moss spielt eine FBI Agentin die ihn befragen soll . Unterstützung bekommt Sie vom Black Ops Verhörspezialisten „H“ gespielt von Samuel L Jackson. Und es geht um die Frage , Wie weit man gehen würde um sein Land zu verteidigen .
Unthinkable ist ein guter Thriller der fast schon perfide mit Gut und Böse jongliert. Dabei legt er den Finger ganz tief in die moralische Wunde in jedem von uns.
Durch brutale…
This movie caught me off guard on how brutal and violent it is at times. Samuel L. Jackson is ruthless towards the end of the movie. Was is actions justified? You tell me. Definitely worth watching.
Well, this is pretty much what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. Go figure.
