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Unthinkable *minor spoilers* - GeraldRice - 08-30-2010
I just saw this movie yesterday. Samuel L Jackson plays H, a man who is an expert at torturing people. Carrie Ann Moss is an FBI agent who is in charge of finding an American-born terrorist who's converted to radical Islam. This man was trained by the Army to disarm nuclear bombs and was doing something with the Russians with their nuclear material, but paid by Tehran to steal it. He did and vanished, allegedly making the nuclear material into 3 bombs. The army already has him in custody even though the news still says the search is on for him.
The army guys do the 'typical' torture until H gets there. H's methods border on insane, but he works on convincing the terrorist(s) he tortures that he will do anything to get the information, including but not limited to, chopping off the tip of a pinky.
As every gov't agency searches for these nuclear bombs the story builds into H doing something unthinkable.
I don't think this made it into theaters. For a direct-to-vid release it was pretty good.
Unthinkable *minor spoilers* - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 08-30-2010
GeraldRice Wrote:I just saw this movie yesterday. Samuel L Jackson plays H, a man who is an expert at torturing people. Carrie Ann Moss is an FBI agent who is in charge of finding an American-born terrorist who's converted to radical Islam. This man was trained by the Army to disarm nuclear bombs and was doing something with the Russians with their nuclear material, but paid by Tehran to steal it. He did and vanished, allegedly making the nuclear material into 3 bombs. The army already has him in custody even though the news still says the search is on for him.
The army guys do the 'typical' torture until H gets there. H's methods border on insane, but he works on convincing the terrorist(s) he tortures that he will do anything to get the information, including but not limited to, chopping off the tip of a pinky.
As every gov't agency searches for these nuclear bombs the story builds into H doing something unthinkable.
I don't think this made it into theaters. For a direct-to-vid release it was pretty good.
Sounds pretty grim, Gerald. But I wonder--and I know =nothing= about this--could a guy really be trained to disarm nuclear weapons? Couldn't the Bad Guys contrive a unique triggering method for every bomb? Or have the weapon explode if tampered with in any way?
Unthinkable *minor spoilers* - Brian - 08-30-2010
I'll add it to our Netfix queue. I like Samuel L, he's a decent actor in most of his movies.
Unthinkable *minor spoilers* - GeraldRice - 09-01-2010
You're getting vintage Samuel L. here. No dulled down Star Wars crap.
Unthinkable *minor spoilers* - GeraldRice - 09-01-2010
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Sounds pretty grim, Gerald. But I wonder--and I know =nothing= about this--could a guy really be trained to disarm nuclear weapons? Couldn't the Bad Guys contrive a unique triggering method for every bomb? Or have the weapon explode if tampered with in any way?
I imagine the bad guys do come up with unique triggers. But the Experts with an 'E' know how to MacGuyver them into not exploding.
Unthinkable *minor spoilers* - cobalt - 09-07-2010
We watched Unthinkable last night. Although I didn't like the ending at all....I was on the edge of my seat watching and waiting for what "H" was going to do.
I don't remember this one at the movies.....maybe it went straight to video?
Unthinkable *minor spoilers* - GeraldRice - 09-08-2010
cobalt79 Wrote:We watched Unthinkable last night. Although I didn't like the ending at all....I was on the edge of my seat watching and waiting for what "H" was going to do.
I don't remember this one at the movies.....maybe it went straight to video?
I liked how H was perfectly willing to be the bad guy to get the job done. I don't know, was the movie trying to be preachy?
Unthinkable *minor spoilers* - cobalt - 09-08-2010
No...H wasn't preachy...he was a realist....just one without any thoughts of using whatever was necessary to get the job done.
His matter of fact attitude was almost as scarry as some of his tools.
Unthinkable *minor spoilers* - Brian - 09-08-2010
After seeing Unthinkable, I can see why it was never released in theaters. Hollywood didn't want our brutality potential advertised. Surprising though, there are so many anti military/officialdom films out there. Why were they afraid to have this one out there? Chickenshit maybe?
Unthinkable *minor spoilers* - saynomore - 09-16-2010
The movie was released in theaters and bombed earlier this year. It lasted about a week and was pulled. I never got a chance to see it--it was pulled so fast. Just finished watching it. With that ending, I can see how bad word of mouth killed this movie. But worth watching. Paul recommended this movie as well in an earlier post.
AC
P.S. IMHO, doo what ya got ta doo. H said it straight, There's a winner and a loser, and the winner gets to write history. Scary, but true.