If recent American history is ever going to be discussed with the necessary clarity and ethical rigor, Taxi to the Dark Side will be essential.
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Reviews Counted:81
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Average Rating:8.3/10
Consensus: Taxi to the Dark Side is an intelligent, powerful look into the dark corners of the War on Terror.
Theatrical Release:Jan 18, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Alex Gibney's TAXI FROM THE DARK SIDE is a perpetually shocking documentary about the Bush administration's use of torture when dealing with political prisoners, with a particular focus on those... [More]
Director: Alex Gibney
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Reviews for Taxi to the Dark Side
Top CriticThis is a deservedly acclaimed film; it's confronting and deeply saddening, but essential
11/08/08
It's about what we have done (or at least allowed to be done in our name), why we should be ashamed and angry, and whether we have the honor and decency to stop it. If America still has a soul, Alex Gibney is trying to save it.
04/30/07
Top CriticI hope that every concerned moviegoer sees this film, but I doubt that many will.
01/16/08
Top Criticdespite the calmly logical way in which it allows its revelations to unfold and accumulate, this is an angry powder-keg of a film, exploding the reactionary myth that under certain circumstances torture can be acceptable, serviceable or even necessary.
06/09/08
A methodically constructed, step-by-step detailing of how the Bush administration's policy of condoning torture trickled -- flowed, really; poured -- down the chain of command to inundate the largely untrained troops in the field.
02/08/08
if you love Documentaries that open your eyes, you'll like it.
07/22/08
Gibney's film proves a cogent document that people need to see because there seems to be a willingness to accept the current policies without really thinking about what that means... Gibney's film asks us to think and to question.
02/17/08
Taxi to the Dark Side is a stunning indictment of torture as policy, a brilliant documentary whose arguments are so well-supported and reasonably made that you can't ignore them.
03/20/08
Taxi to the Darkside journeys into a new heart of darkness, the destination of which lies outside the frontiers of humanity. It is a must-see for anybody concerned with the potential shift in the American character as a result of its war on terror.
02/07/08
Director Alex Gibney's somewhat inelegantly titled Taxi to the Dark Side is a harrowing gut-punch to America's belief in its own unassailable righteousness.
02/28/08
It's with Dilawar that the film begins and ends, and it's with Dilawar that Alex Gibney's documentary can rest its case%u2014his story speaks with the deepest ache. Dilawar's face stares back%u2014a young, bearded man, his eyes wide in fright.
05/29/08
The dreadful silence that has followed much of the debate, and the general lack of interest in such necessary films like Taxi to the Dark Side, doesn't give much reason for hope.
02/03/08
Sad, important and very difficult to watch...Gibney narrates the film with admirable restraint.
02/08/08
It is, at once, among the most riveting and hard-to-watch documentaries of recent years.
02/22/08
What's most tragic, in terms of this story being presented cinematically, is that Dilawar is very much like the traditional wrong-man film character.
01/18/08
Every voting adult concerned about the damages created by the Bush administration in the wake of 9/11 should watch it. So should those who steadfastly believe that no real or lasting damages have been made by that administration.
10/09/08
The torture abuses at Bagram Air Force Base, Abu Ghraib, and Guantanamo are linked directly to Pentagon and White House officials in a scathing documentary that uses the murder of an innocent Afghan cab driver as a talking point to expand on the wider iss
01/21/08
As our society searches its conscience for the correct balance between preserving American lives and upholding American values, Gibney offers a crucial perspective to counterbalance the influence of eye-for-an-eye gut instinct.
02/08/08
For all its brilliant dissecting of U.S. policy, practice, and cover-up, the movie closes with an effort to make Dilawar visible once again.
03/21/08
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December 19, 2008:
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June 26, 2008:
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