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Taxi to the Dark Side

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This documentary explores the American military's use of torture by focusing on the unsolved murder of an Afhgani taxi driver who, in 2002, was taken for questioning at Bagram Force Air Base. Five days later, the man was dead. The medical examiner claimed the driver died from excessive physical abuse. Taking this case as a jumping-off point, the film examines wider claims of torture that occurred at bases like Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay during the Bush administration.
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Taxi to the Dark Side is an intelligent, powerful look into the dark corners of the War on Terror.

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Caryn James New York Times Gracefully weaving together interviews (some with the soldiers convicted of the beating), fresh images and official photographs, it suggests why so many politically themed fiction films have failed. Nov 30, 2017 Full Review J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Like the Iraq war documentary No End in Sight, this movie about the U.S. military's systematic torture of terror suspects is a triumph not of reporting but of synthesis. Aug 29, 2011 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian Alex Gibney won best documentary Oscar for this gruelling, angry movie. Rated: 4/5 Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Bianca Garner Filmotomy Taxi to the Dark Side still makes an impact all these years later and it’s lost none of its original impact. Oct 4, 2024 Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row Gibney approaches his subject in a clear-eyed way that keeps the film from becoming a political screed. Rated: 3.5/4 Jul 6, 2019 Full Review Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) Taxi to the Dark Side. . .examines the war in Iraq with clear-eyed rage. Aug 23, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Gareth v A relentless, disturbing look into one of the ugliest chapters in recent American history. Gibney shows why he is regarded as one of the best doco makers out there. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/20/23 Full Review Michael M Taxi to the Dark Side is a deeply disturbing documentary which uses the death of a single man to extremely convincingly expose the wider moral and practical failure represented by the American use of torture during the War on Terror. This should be required viewing for anyone who wants to discuss the continued existance of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/07/21 Full Review Audience Member Just saw this recently and although its an important watch I already have gotten this information elsewhere so its hard to find this that fantastic when it was mostly repetitive information for me sadly. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review charlie l The subject covered here is both disturbing and harrowing, but sadly, not unexpected. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Really speaks for a documentary made in the Bush Era Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/20 Full Review Audience Member Alex Gibney's Oscar-winning documentary elicits the criminality of the Bush administration for its disregard of Geneva Conventions in the War on Terror is ironically what brings the American justice to its knees. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Alex Gibney

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Alex Gibney

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Brian Keith Allen

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Jack Cloonan

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Greg D'Agostino

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Carl Levin

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Synopsis This documentary explores the American military's use of torture by focusing on the unsolved murder of an Afhgani taxi driver who, in 2002, was taken for questioning at Bagram Force Air Base. Five days later, the man was dead. The medical examiner claimed the driver died from excessive physical abuse. Taking this case as a jumping-off point, the film examines wider claims of torture that occurred at bases like Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay during the Bush administration.
Director
Alex Gibney
Producer
Eva Orner, Susannah Shipman, Alex Gibney
Screenwriter
Alex Gibney
Distributor
ThinkFilm
Production Co
Tall Woods, Discovery Channel, Jigsaw Productions, Wider Film Projects, X-Ray Productions
Rating
R (Graphic Nudity|Disturbing Images|Content Involving Torture)
Genre
Documentary, Crime, Drama, War
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 18, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 21, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$274.7K
Runtime
1h 46m
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