You won't be disappointed!

Wow! Such a good movie.

Sadly Over-hyped

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Watched the movie with 3 mores guys. Nobody agreed about the score. Nobody agreed about the main roles background and postures. No technical discussions about cinematography, music, lights, acting. We agreed about this as a heavy film. Difficult to digest. I'd like to see more about the main characters background and motives. But that is clearly not the purpose of the movie.

3/30/18. Surprisingly good, but with some reservations. If you don't like interrogations, tortures and other strong-armed methods to elicit information, and if terrorism upsets you, then this is not one to watch. Sheen is a terrorist who plants 3 nuclear bombs and Jackson and Moss are tasked to find out where these bombs can be found so they can be defused. Jackson sums up the plot succinctly, "I shake him up, you shake him down." This movie shows how different techniques are used to get someone to talk. If there is one thing this movie will do is to get you to talk about what went on in the movie, and that makes this worth seeing even though some scenes are extremely harsh and distasteful.

After an Islamic terrorist by the name of "Stephen Arthur Younger" (Michael Sheen) is captured by local police at a shopping mall it is discovered that he has planted at least 3 nuclear bombs that are set to explode in a few days in at least 3 American cities. This results in the military taking over the investigation and beginning their interrogation of him. However, since time is of the essence the State Department sends in an expert named "Henry H. Humphries" (Samuel L. Jackson) to obtain this information from him and he is allowed to use almost any methods necessary. Also with him is an FBI agent by the name of "Helen Brody" (Carrie-Anne Moss) who doesn't condone some of his tactics--which Henry uses to his advantage. However, when the deadline fast approaches Henry goes even further and this results in all kinds of difficulty for everyone involved. Now, in my opinion, this film revolves around the question of how far should a civilized society go to extract information from a person who is intent on killing innocent men, women and children without any regard for basic human decency? And if the answer to that question is that there are no limits then the conclusion becomes—at least from this film's perspective—that civilized society in question is actually no better than the terrorist. However, it could also be argued that a person who is willing to kill so indiscriminately and with no regard for his victims is actually no better than an animal and therefore has no right to be treated with respect or civility. Be that as it may, this film might provoke a totally different response on the part of the viewer and if that is the case then I totally respect that as well. In any case, this was an interesting movie and I have rated it accordingly. Above average.

{ SPOILER ALERT }So here's my review title: Like a very, very long joke with no punchline.The acting was terrific, the script was involving (VERY involving), the pacing was very tense.And then plop, it's over, without the largest question resolved.Now I'm sure deep people will rate it high because the point is to question our humanity and yadda yadda. But I don't go to movies for deep thoughts, as a rule. The movie put a big tense issue out there: bombs. Nuclear bombs.And it ends with complete irresolution.So maybe that was the point of the movie. Okay, then, mission accomplished. My review reflects MY feelings about the movie. And I felt like I sat through a very very long joke, with a terrific setup, where I really expected to laugh...and then the teller said, "Wellnow, would you look at the time? Gotta go." No punchline. And all my time sitting there, gone.One man's opinion. If you don't care, go for it. Up to that point, it's riveting.