Unthinkable

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Unthinkable

R

2010

1h 37m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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FBI Agent Helen Brody (Carrie-Anne Moss) races to discover the location of three nuclear bombs, each programmed to detonate in a different city. When authorities arrest terrorist suspect Younger (Michael Sheen), who announced the murderous plot in a video, special operative Harold Humphries (Samuel L. Jackson) joins Brody in the interrogation. He takes escalating measures to extract answers from Younger, but Younger clams up. Brody begins to question their brutal methods as time ticks away.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/18/2023

2.5/4

In addition to the stars, whose performances are dead-on, production values are high, and the script by Peter Woodward contains some intriguing questions.

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

03/03/2022

2/5

This 2010 thriller is a bold but confused attempt to portray the messy, conflicted world of torturing terror suspects for information that will hopefully save lives.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

07/21/2010

3/4

...an entertaining and thought-provoking drama...

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Sean Axmaker

Seanax.com

06/27/2010

... a clumsy polemic that bounces between the boundaries of stage-play debate and torture porn spectacle as everyone argues over ethics...

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Julian J

4d

A movie that keeps you on edge and seriously pushes its moral conundrums on the audience. Great acting and plot.

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Madam D

Oct 13

The plot forces the viewer to stop assuming the usual American value of the importance of an individual over many others. The dialogue isn't the best but the tension is palpable. Jackson is his usual dynamic self.

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e h

Jul 6

The most horrible movie I’ve ever seen in my whole entire 19 years of existence. But the acting was good Samuel Jackson saved the movie ( other actors were good ). FBI Helen Brody was annoying ( she’s the real villian ) 53 people have been killed and injured but still she was defending the terrorist DONT WASTE UR TIME

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Gregory S

Jun 25

I love that I hate this movie. The performances are amazing and the story is fantastic. Asks some relevant and truly hard questions.

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Ethan S

Jun 10

I hated this movie when i first watched it, but as time went on it grew on me. I just hated agent brody a lot but the actual concept is great.

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Cory H

May 30

The plot is weak & inconsistent, contradicts itself. They tell H he can’t do something and then beg him to do it repeatedly until the movie ends without a conclusion. It’s like they realized the movie sucked & just didn’t finish it.

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Gregor Jordan

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Samuel L. Jackson

Henry Harold "H" Humphries

Carrie-Anne Moss

Helen Brody

Michael Sheen

Steven Arthur Younger

Stephen Root

Charles Thompson

Lora Kojovic

Rina Humphries

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Synopsis

FBI Agent Helen Brody (Carrie-Anne Moss) races to discover the location of three nuclear bombs, each programmed to detonate in a different city. When authorities arrest terrorist suspect Younger (Michael Sheen), who announced the murderous plot in a video, special operative Harold Humphries (Samuel L. Jackson) joins Brody in the interrogation. He takes escalating measures to extract answers from Younger, but Younger clams up. Brody begins to question their brutal methods as time ticks away.

Director: Gregor Jordan
Producer: Caldecot Chubb, Vanessa Coifman, Marco Weber, Bill Perkins
Screenwriter: Peter Woodward
Production Co: ChubbCo Film Co., Senator Entertainment, Lleju Productions, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Rating: R (Strong Bloody Violence|Language|Torture)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2012
Runtime: 1h 37m

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