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.
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03/20/08
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:23
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Average Rating:8.2/10
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 CriticAlong with No End in Sight, this movie is one of the essential documentaries of the ongoing war.
03/17/08
Top CriticTaxi to the Dark Side joins a growing list of outspoken documentaries that question the rationale and conduct of America's presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, and our willingness to destroy freedom in order to save it.
03/08/08
Top CriticThe film certainly makes its case, tracing a chain of abuse from Bagram to the notorious Iraqi prison, Abu Ghraib, to the cells of Guantanamo.
02/22/08
Top CriticTaxi to the Dark Side may not be your idea of a fun, relaxing night at the movies, but it is artful moviemaking and vital viewing for anyone interested in the issues.
02/22/08
Top CriticSo disturbing, on so many levels, that it's hard to know where to begin.
02/22/08
Top CriticOne of the most powerful, carefully researched investigations of the moral-legal side effects of current American military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq.
02/08/08
Top CriticAs 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
Top CriticWill go down in film history as a damning historical document of the Bush administration's wartime expansion of executive powers.
02/08/08
Top CriticHorrifying.
02/08/08
Top CriticThe most extraordinary thing about the grim Best Documentary Academy Award nominee Taxi to the Dark Side is how straightforward its interviewees are about the military prisoner they collectively murdered in Afghanistan in 2002.
02/07/08
Top CriticTaxi to the Dark Side adds something new to our awareness -- interviews with soldiers who served as interrogators in Afghanistan, and in Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, and who, in some cases, served prison terms themselves.
01/23/08
Top CriticBy the time it's over, [director Gibney has] broadened his focus into a documentary so damning of the U.S. government, it's hard to believe he even got it made.
01/18/08
Top CriticIf recent American history is ever going to be discussed with the necessary clarity and ethical rigor, Taxi to the Dark Side will be essential.
01/18/08
Top CriticA meticulous examination...Taxi is impressive.
01/17/08
Top CriticGibney assembles a formidable arsenal of talking heads to testify.
01/17/08
Top CriticThe usefully horrifying documentary Taxi to the Dark Side follows a map that leads to the notorious prison abuses in Iraq's Abu Ghraib to policies in the Guantánamo Bay detention camp.
01/17/08
Top CriticI hope that every concerned moviegoer sees this film, but I doubt that many will.
01/16/08
Top CriticWithout cheapening the suffering of American or Afghan, the film retrieves the torture issue from the realm of the abstract and gives the plain facts of this world right now. As long as we still care about people and power, they will matter.
01/15/08
Top CriticAlex Gibney’s Taxi to the Dark Side is the documentary that many of us have prayed for, the one that could break through even to people who relish the torture set pieces on 24 and will hear no evil about the War on Terror.
01/14/08
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December 19, 2008:
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September 26, 2008:
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August 07, 2008:
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June 26, 2008:
Gibney Says ThinkFilm Failed Taxi to the Dark Side
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