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Sadly Over-hyped

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A Masterpiece!

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

A very persuasive film, it seems to be very well-researched and very well documented, but in the same way someone is still hiding their true colors or hiding the fact that they are very ashamed of their actions.Where to put the blame is hard to say, we can all agree that the actions portrayed are wrong and letting them happen without doing anything is also wrong. But I guess when you are in the situation, who are you to step up to your fellow soldier or your superior, and be the one stepping out and following your gut or your head instead of orders.It's an eye opener, and gives great insight about the actions and decisions behind all the pictures and the acts that we have all seen in the media.

An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.Writing this review in 2015, the material in this film are already a bit dated. The movie came out in 2007, at a time when most of those involved were still in office. It made for a powerful indictment because a finger was pointed right at the very people responsible at the top of the chain.Now the film has a bit less of an impact, because most of these people are gone -- retired, and will never be in any office again. But have we ever really done anything to fix the problem? No, not really. And with a history of CIA tactics going back 50-60 years, are we to think they have stopped now, simple because Bush was replaced by Obama? Seems naive.

There is much sanctimony being expressed in the reviews of this wonderful example of propaganda. This film expresses the false humanity of many today in the US and around the world. These people are outraged over torture, yet ignore the fact that war involves something far worse-- killing. War is death and destruction. Why people are so up in arms over torture when people are being torn to shreds by bombs, IEDS, and bullets is beyond my powers of comprehension. Only the false humanists know why they they think in such a logically flawed manner.The most criminal aspect of this film is at of the director and the speakers.They are criminals who are willing to sacrifice your family for their ideals. That is sickening.To be sure the death of the taxi cab driver was shameful and people should be held accountable. But when it comes to self- defense everything and anything should be considered. Anyone who knows American history knows that is our way. From the asymmetrical warfare waged by the Swamp Fox to Sherman's March to the Sea to Hiroshima, the American people have exhibited a willingness to wage merciless warfare in order to achieve our end. That is one of our values. If you don't like that then you can kick rocks. I'll never blame Bush for doing all he could to protect Americans. Is some of it nasty? Yeah, but as previously noted, war is a dirty business no matter who you are. Name a war and you will find it find with a great number of mind numbing brutality.This works as a piece of simpleminded moralistic propaganda. But as a serious piece of analysis it fails. The abject failure of the director and those who think like them to grasp the essence of war ultimately makes this and other films like it, fodder for bonfires.

With a title like Taxi to the Dark Side, you know it's not going to be a light-and-fluffy film, but it's a film that needed to be made, and should be seen by everyone.The measure of a nation is how well it lives up to its ideals in the worst of times. 9/11 was that trial for America, and America failed. If you do not believe that former U.S. president George W. Bush, former vice president Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, White House Council John Yoo, and at least a half dozen other members of the Bush Administration are guilty of war crimes, you must see this documentary.Even if you suspect they do, but have lingering doubts – you must see this documentary.And especially if you don't know either way, and know nothing about this issue – you must see this documentary.This is not some sort of Michael Moore propaganda piece. This transcends partisan politics. It deals with a broader issue. It focuses on the treatment of just one detainee and will probably make you sick to your stomach – if you can stomach it at all. And then reminds you that this happened not to just one guy, but to 83,000 others too.Hell yes, its difficult to watch - there is graphic photos of torture – but is that an excuse not to watch it? The fact is they are presented because showing them is necessary to fully understand the extent of what went on. And guess what? If you are an American, you damn well should sit through this, because you are guilty too – this is what your elected officials did.Of course when word finally got out, and they got blowback for it, in an outrageous act of cowardice, they left their own subordinates out to dry.The film makes the case, clearly, efficiently and thoroughly. Which makes it not only an excellent documentary, but an important one too.