Taxi to the Dark Side

Absolutely disgusting, especially since this was condoned by the Bush administration, as recently released "tortured memos" prove (http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/olc_memos.html). If you've ever doubted that the Bush administration was on a amoral and terrible slippery slope then this is it. If nothing else this is a prime example of George Bush deliberate misleading of the public with his born-again rhetoric, either that or he's just too ignorant. Either is unacceptable for a president.

Just a scary film overall. Lack of any evidence and you can be locked indefinitely in a prison cell.

Instead of examining the whole war on terror, they analyze the oppressive interrogation techniques against detainees which quickly evolved into what some people might call torture practices or criminal acts (but not as bad as the Holocaust). It seemed to keep me more interested than "No End in Sight" (also a good documentary), once again due to the use of re-enactments and effective music. "Taxi to the Dark Side" is a great documentary.

'MERICA

i'm not the person who "has to" watch this movie. that ignorant bastards whom thinks torture is neccessary in some circumstances. thats %30 percent of united states of america and more badly %52 percent of usa which make bush as a president for two terms. god damn it.

Look deep into Donald Rumsfeld's beady pair of eyes and try telling me he doesn't have Satanic lineage.

Too many people have quickly forgotten about how evil the Bush administration was.

nice addition to the discussion, broad in scope but well organized.

Not an easy documentary to watch. It will disgust and anger you. But it's important to get through. Up there with the work of Adam Curtis.

I had an agitating motion at the edge of vandalism..

One of the most disturbing documentaries I've ever seen, thanks to the mental midgets running the "war on terror."

Some pretty fucking depressing shit here. Must see, but kind of hard to watch.

Manages to find it's way between emotional and informative. Crimes of the imperial America are put on the platter. Problem is, that movies like this doesn't really change anything. I know it didn't change my perspective. Hopefully history will make everything right.

Did not deserve the Oscar over No End in Sight, but still very powerful and well-made.

Good Movie

Bush and Cheney should be charged for war crimes. Plain and simple. That they managed to get a potential pardon in their own constitution says more than enough. Bizar.

Like Charles Ferguson's No End in Sight from the same year, Gibney's film isn't especially inventive, nor does it reveal much information that wasn't already available to anyone who was paying proper attention. It does bring all of the material together in a cogent, forceful manner, presenting it without embellishment, letting the near unbearable facts stand on their own, confident that they are enough to leave the viewer appalled and angry. That alone is worthy of praise and gratitude.

harrowing look at american torture practices and the consequences on both the personal and systemic level.

Really made me wonder if getting interviewed with half your face in darkness while the other half of your face is bathed in blinding light is kind of annoying.

Not entertaining nor revealing, but certainly well made and important.

Informative? Yes. Entertaining? Not in the least. They'll be showing this to high school seniors in history class a few decades from now, but I can't imagine our current generation finding this appealing with Bush's term having already soured our taste for war and more specifically, torture.

This got the Oscar? It's topical, I guess. It's a well made investigative piece, but it's not a great documentary. It doesn't transcend as great documentaries do. I watched it today I can already say it didn't stick with me. Surely there was a better documentary made that year.

Rumsfeld, Bush, Cheney & their legal counsels create and live within their own narrative to rationalise the reinterpretation of laws (among all else) so they can be realistically applied in a war-time environment. Fall out is a massive amount of wasted man hours & misused state funds in the forms of bounties, solider's salaries & legal fee's and of course the unjust deaths. All while Rumsfeld is standing behind a pedestal soliloquising about snowflakes in Chicago.

Fascinating and disgusting at the same time. Those poor bastards in Gitmo are finally starting to get trials as of now (9/25/08), but what we have going on is still state torture with (too much) consent of the governed. The Harding and Grant administrations sucked, but Shrub's makes them look good; we Americans will remember George W. Bush as the worst president in history for decades, if not centuries

Very sobering look at America forces' use of of torture to obtain intelligence from detainees. Pretty informative, I suppose, but it is rather dry which is something that most documentaries fall victim to.

Tough to see, but so true...

Superbly done. Very unpleasant as expected.

A well made documentary but I'm not sure who it's aimed at. For anyone who paid the slightest attention to daily news back at the time, this just treads over information that was widely available and reported. Anyone who cares about the issues raised probably won't learn anything new. The 35% (the film's figure) of Americans who support state torture probably won't be watching this, and I doubt it would change their beliefs if they did.

Horrific, very infuriating, hard to watch and intense documentary. I hate Bush even more now, and just awful how everyone denies the evidence. Fuck!

20 Subat 08, ifistanbul08 fest. afm-salon1, 19:30 -basinda "pompa" adli rezalet bir kisa film gosterildi. & hazmedilmesi zor bir belgesel.acikcasi hic ara vermeden izlenirse, sinirleri bozuyor.gercekci ve gercekten carpici."suclu da olsa insan" diye dusunuyorsunuz ve bu noktada belgesel, amacina ulasmis oluyor.Amerikan hukumeti, cok agir elestirilmis."the labaratuar" bolumu en cok hosuma giden bolumdu.Bu bolumde iskenceler anlatiliyordu.Dedigim gibi, gercekci olmus ve tuyler urpertiryor...

"From Bagram to Abu Ghraib to Guantanamo, Gibney cunningly traces links up and down the chain of command, exposing how the White House has given more than tacit support to inhuman methods of detention and interrogation." - Ed Gonzalez

Good documentary.

Scathing report of military abuses related to the war on terror, starting from the highest levels. I feel sorry for any of the poor innocent men caught up in the horrendous interrogation machine. I have a new found disgust for the actions of our leaders, and the effect of our military interrogators. This information makes me sad for our country. I hope people in charge can find a way to get back to processes that retains our national dignity. The war on terror should not rob us of our morals.

Politically distressing, ten years later. It doesn't push the form, unfortunately, but it is important to, as they say, document the atrocities. It is pretty straightforward, but be forewarned, there is a lot of graphic photography from the prisons, only some of which were widely publicized.

Well-made doc looking into the United States' overuse of torture and illegal imprisonment during the Dubya administration and how it led to the death of a completely innocent man turned over to their forces in Afghanistan. Interviews with some of the soldiers convicted will split audience sympathies, although their "We were told to do it" excuses pale in comparison to some of the guff coming from the top brass. When a piece brings out so much anger in the viewer you know it has to be good.

Góð heimildamynd um leigubílsstjóra í Afganistan sem er myrtur í fangabúðum Bandaríkjamanna í Bagram. Síðar kemur í ljós að hann var saklaus og kvikmyndagerðarmenn fjalla meistaralega um pyntingar Bandaríkjahers og hvernig þær eru tilkomnar.

Excellent documentary on one of the vital political topics of our day--how the US means to relate to the rest of the world. Treat people with respect and human dignity and listen to the soldiers on the ground, or insist on relationships with outsiders based in creative ways to administer pain? Gibney does an excellent job building his case, even if it is a little too consumed with the higher ups. A bit more pressure on the soldiers on the ground who perpetrated the most egregious acts would help