Of all the feature films and documentaries to emerge since 9/11, few have been as bold, perceptive or as downright chilling as this thriller from co-writer/director Joseph Castelo. Hassan (Ayad Akhtar, who also co-wrote the script), a Pakistani engineering student living Paris, is innocently strolling through the Latin Quarter when he's suddenly accosted by a group of men who plunge a hypodermic needle into his neck. When he comes to, he's in a filthy cell in an unnamed country where he's mercilessly tortured by thugs who appear to be acting in the interests of U.S. security interests. His cellmate, Khalid (Charles Daniel Sandoval), tells him about a cell of an Al-Qa...
Released:
2005
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins