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The Road to Guantanamo

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In September 2001 several British Muslim friends go to Pakistan to attend a wedding. They decide to visit Afghanistan, but they find Kandahar under attack and flee to Kabul. From there the friends try to return to Pakistan but mistakenly end up in a Taliban stronghold. Following their capture, they are sent to a U.S. military base in Cuba, where they endure torture.
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A gut-wrenching and riveting docu-drama that serves as a stinging indictment of U.S. military justice in an era of ever-increasing scrutiny.

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Paul Arthur Film Comment Magazine Winterbottom sidesteps obligations associated with documentary filmmaking in favor of blazing agitprop. Mar 28, 2018 Full Review Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com The Road to Guantánamo will drive you crazy, if you aren't crazy yet. Oct 7, 2006 Full Review John Hartl Seattle Times It makes its point in a way that a straight documentary could not. Rated: 3.5/4 Jul 7, 2006 Full Review Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault You can argue with the movie’s approach and thesis, but undeniably it etches a Kafka-esque nightmare for us and taps into our fear of being imprisoned and treated like animals for something we haven’t done. Rated: B Sep 20, 2022 Full Review Alberto Abuín Espinof A very good movie that was initially made for television. [Full Review in Spanish] Jun 28, 2019 Full Review Jonathan Raban The New York Review of Books Grueling as it is to watch, and it's the most protracted ninety-minute movie I've ever seen, it is packed with sly insights into Bush's "long war," hitherto known as the global war on terror. Aug 21, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Gareth v This part doco, part dramatisation is a compelling story about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/20/23 Full Review Audience Member heart-wrenching story of the illegal and sensless detention of 3 british boys of pakistani origin... makes you wish this world was a fairer place!! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member 2.3/5 Con una temática como ésta, uno espera que el docu-drama sea un poco más desarrollado, complejo, controversial, pero realmente termina siendo blando y repetitivo, las escenas no transmiten como deberian los horrores que vivieron estos hombres, le falta "punch" a la crítica al sistema militar de los Estados Unidos, y, al final, realmente es muy olvidable y decepcionante. Una excelente historia, pero una ejecución demasiada floja y nada reflexiva. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review sarfaraz a The Road to Guantánamo British documentary/drama directed by Silver Bear winner for Best Director Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross. Film chronicles the events in the lives of Tipton Three the British boys Ruhal Ahmed, Shafiq Rasul and Asif Iqbal who were captured in 2001 in Afghanistan and detained by the United States there and for more than two years at the detainment camp in Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. U.S. attacked Afghanistan to rid of Taliban and show the taste of democracy to Afghans but since 2002, Afghans have been tasting Hamid Karzai for more than 11 years now - that's good taste, isn't it? Today, the same U.S. has constructed fine lavish cozy official residence to Taliban in Doha (Qatar) for future talks in Afghan government. Remember, the same US government who accused Pakistan of having contacts with Taliban. I never like people like Tipton Three. These types of people are the ones who further malign Pakistan abroad. They only came for short stay in Pakistan, but look what they added to the country's already shrinking status abroad. Today, majority in the US act and view Pakistan as if 9/11 was perpetrated not by Egyptians and Saudis perpetrators but by Pakistan - or as if Osama was not Saudi but Pakistani. Musharraf the former dictator of Pakistan dragged the country in this non-ending war and who sent C-130s full of wrongfully accused Pakistani innocent people to the US Guantanamo Bay to earn millions of bounties (as he himself describes this in his memoire 'In the Line of Fire'). They were British who helped in release of Tipton Three otherwise if they were from Pakistan - you wouldn't even have heard about them. Pakistani government and military do not bother if their citizens die of death like a dog. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Oh boy! what a movie!...two words - Chilling experience Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Very good documentary about the situation of the world. The movie is a prove of the capturing of innocent men. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In September 2001 several British Muslim friends go to Pakistan to attend a wedding. They decide to visit Afghanistan, but they find Kandahar under attack and flee to Kabul. From there the friends try to return to Pakistan but mistakenly end up in a Taliban stronghold. Following their capture, they are sent to a U.S. military base in Cuba, where they endure torture.
Director
Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
Producer
Andrew Eaton, Melissa Parmenter
Production Co
FilmFour, Revolution Films
Rating
R (Language|Disturbing Violent Content)
Genre
Drama, War
Original Language
Arabic
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Jun 23, 2006
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 18, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$316.7K
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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