Sorry, this film is awful - so bad I felt compelled to write my first review. It tries to be awfully clever and fails miserably. There is nothing about this flick that redeems it. No action. No great acting. No great story line or wonderful special effects. No deep & meaningful lessons to be learned. Just a boring torture fest with no point and a silly ending. I actually skipped through the middle section which was basically more of the same, it was either that or quit watching entirely. There is NOTHING interesting about gratuitous scenes of torture. Even less interesting when it's essentially the same torture over and over again. The flashbacks were annoying, slow and boring. The story, such as it is, could easily be told in five minutes. The acting was wooden & stilted, especially the "Dutch" guy and the British tour guide, although the Dutch dude was real great at screaming. I skipped to the end just to see what the heck it was all about. Was I impressed with the "surprise" twist? Not even remotely. It was predictable and smug. Find something better to watch. The Unthinkable is a similar subject with a much deeper and richer story line, as well as awesome acting. OR better still, find a fun movie instead. I'm sick to death of pointless boring "torture porn" masquerading as "psychological thriller" movies. I actually don't mind a bit of torture and mayhem in horror movies, I just want them to have more to them than just endless torture and it helps if they don't pretend to be something more "deep and meaningful" than they actually are.

I watched this and thought immediately of "Rendition" and "Unthinkable". I see the point the writer and director are making, and it's one I think needs to be made. About using torture, and the way the good guys so often seem no better than the bad guys.The ending I found glib, and possibly even flip. Like Sam Jackson in the aforementioned "Unthinkable". Which is no doubt a decent part of the point being made by the writer, using Fishburne's character.Still, I'll take "Rendition" or "Fair Game" over a movie like this. This isn't entertaining. It's a bit thought provoking. But it is not worth paying money to watch. Unlike the other two flicks I just mentioned.

Well, although I had missed about ten minutes of the film I found it really interesting, with very good performances, especially on the part of Laurence Fishburne. However there is something hanging concerning the plot. Something has bothered me. Martin is presented in the film as an idealist, a dreamer who is trying to help the people in underdeveloped countries. However he seems to be involved in a scheme according to which innocent people will be killed. It is taken for granted that the CIA as well as the terrorists are accustomed to such tactics but they are not the tactics of an idealist. An idealist might sacrifice themselves but not innocent people. Yet it is worth seeing it.

A good story about our time. Good interpretation and the shadows of an interesting thriller. Source of lot of questions about values and social realities. A bitter end and a statue as signature.Some pieces makes this movie more that slide of fiction. A lot of ideals, a dangerous game, dark atmosphere and the truth like mirror of possibilities. A Dutch as new Don Quixote. A strange scientist. And the words - pats of a fight in which winner is outdoor. A story and a form of protest. Psichologicall thriller and political movie. A dark vision about present. And the abdication. A bitter movie. With an angelic Ryan Phillip and some drops of news. They, the door is open. And the fiction is only a far convention.