The Oath

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Georgan G This very interesting documentary shows two-sides of 9/11 violence. The peaceful man was in Guantanamo Bay for 7 years whereas the one who supported the violence was not arrested because he was already in jail. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/17/24 Full Review Audience Member 9/3/15 Sundance Doc Club A very interesting look into the other side in our war on terror. The film makers were able to give the viewer a detailed look at the lives and thought processes of Arab jihadist. Informative and thought provoking. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Fascinating and remarkable look at the lives of two jihadis. Memorable. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member slow, but very intriguing. a very interesting perspective from "inside" al Qaeda. check it out from your library. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Offers a tragic POV from "the other side." Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review jesse o While definitely a very good and thought provoking documentary, I don't think it's ever great. It definitely does a great job at making Abu Jandal, bodyguard of Bin Laden, into a complex individual with complex emotions. I don't want to say they humanize him or make you empathize with his past, but the movie doesn't make him into a villain either. They present his story without taking sides or being preachy. I think the real meat of the story comes with Salim's trial and how he's in the situation that he is in (with the trial, despite having won a historic trial against the Supreme Court and Congress creating a new law after this case to SPECIFICALLY create new fresh charges against him). That's definitely the most striking thing about the movie, the U.S Congress passing a new law that would make sure this guy has a trial, however fair (or constitutional) or not. It's even more striking that this law was passed for someone who was just Bin Laden's driver (and not involved in any terrorist activities, allegedly) when there are much bigger fish to fry including Abu Jandal. Again it's really a very good documentary film, but I don't know what it was missing that only made this a really good, and not a great, movie. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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